In his statement, the speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis), Ali Larijani said: "The move by the Zionist regime's Knesset to pass an apartheid and racist bill declaring the occupying entity the nation-state of the Jewish people is aimed at eliminating the Palestinians from their motherland. This act reveals the racist nature of the Zionist regime on the one hand, and on the other, it shows the ill-intentions of the leadership of this regime which wants to expel the Palestinians from their motherland."
The statement added: "This new legislation is null and void according to the international laws and the legitimacy of the Palestinian people and their right to return to their homeland as per the UN Resolution 194 as well as their right to decide their own fate is still an undeniable fact that cannot be overshadowed by such illegitimate and unfounded acts. I as the chairman of the OIC's inter-parliamentary union, while appreciating the reaction of countries, parliaments and international institutions in condemning such an unacceptable move, call on the global community as well as international and regional organizations to condemn the move, force the usurper Zionist regime to annul the law and prevent further trampling of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.'
The Muslim World League also condemned the approval of the “Jewish nation-state” law, and said in a statement issued by its General Sectariat in Makkah that the law opposes the principles and laws of international legitimacy and all the values and principles that human rights laws are based on.
The League added that the approval of the law will have serious consequences for negotiations that aim to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
“This recklessness, coupled with Israeli aggression against Palestinians, shows contempt for the rights of religions in the Holy Land,” the statement added.
The League’s statement added that prominent Jewish religious leaders have described the law as racist and having no place in today’s world.
