Quds Day,
Unbreakable Resistance

Qodsna (Tehran) - On the eve of International Quds Day, last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan,  Qods News Agency reporter interviewed with Gordon Duff, senior editor of Veterans Today and former U.S. military official and military analyst.

Here is the full text of interview:

The Global Complicity in Genocide: The West’s Role in Israel’s Crimes

The so-called champions of human rights in the West—Biden, Trump, Starmer, and their ilk—have revealed their true nature as the enablers of apartheid and genocide. While they make empty statements about peace, their actions tell a different story: shiploads of bombs, missiles, and precision-guided munitions flow uninterrupted to Israel, ensuring that the slaughter of Palestinian civilians continues without pause. The West has long abandoned even the illusion of neutrality. It has chosen its side, and it stands firmly with war criminals.

Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon have become proving grounds for the latest in Western military technology. The bombs that reduce hospitals, schools, and residential buildings to rubble are stamped “Made in the USA” and “Funded by the UK.” These weapons do not simply fall from the sky; they are directed by artificial intelligence—AI designed, trained, and fine-tuned by Google and Silicon Valley’s military-industrial machine.

Google’s AI: A Weapon of Genocide

Google’s artificial intelligence—marketed to the world as a tool of progress—has been repurposed into an instrument of mass murder. Programmed and refined under the watchful eye of Unit 8200, the Israeli intelligence division that controls nearly all search engines, social media platforms, and digital surveillance networks, this AI has been deployed in the service of ethnic cleansing.

It is no accident that Israeli airstrikes target hospitals, schools, refugee camps, and aid distribution centers with clinical precision. The AI has been trained to maximize destruction where it will cause the greatest human suffering. It identifies children, relief workers, and civilians in need of food and medical care—not to save them, but to obliterate them. The Israeli regime, with full cooperation from its Western allies, has weaponized technology to ensure that no act of Palestinian survival goes unpunished.

Unit 8200: The Propaganda Arm of Genocide

The crimes against Palestine are not just physical; they are also digital. Unit 8200, the Israeli military’s cyber and intelligence division, runs a vast network of disinformation campaigns that control narratives, manipulate media, and erase evidence of war crimes. Search engines are scrubbed clean of Israeli atrocities while Palestinian voices are shadowbanned, silenced, or outright deleted.

The Western media, obedient to Israeli influence, plays its role as well. Every bomb dropped on a Gazan child is followed by a press release justifying the murder. Every massacre in the West Bank is excused as “self-defense.” Starmer, Biden, and Trump parrot the same talking points, each racing to prove their unwavering loyalty to the Zionist project. They are not world leaders—they are accomplices to mass murder, bought and paid for by the architects of apartheid.

International Quds Day: The Unbreakable Resistance

Amid this darkness, there remains an unshakable force: the resilience of the Palestinian people and the solidarity of the global resistance. The International Quds Day, established by Imam Khomeini, has become the rallying point for all those who refuse to submit to colonial rule and genocide.

The effect of International Quds Day on Palestinians

Quds Day has shattered Israel’s ability to control the global narrative. Once, Zionist propaganda could frame Palestine as an isolated issue, a local dispute to be ignored by the world. No longer. Now, every year, millions across the world take to the streets to declare that Palestine is not alone, that the crimes of Zionism will not be forgotten, and that liberation is inevitable.

The psychological impact on Palestinians is immeasurable. In the face of extermination, they see millions standing in solidarity. They see that their struggle is no longer dismissed, that the world is waking up, and that their resistance is not in vain. The streets of Tehran, Istanbul, Jakarta, Caracas, and London roar with the same message: Palestine will be free.

Imam Khomeini's ideals

Imam Khomeini’s vision for Quds Day was to ignite a permanent fire under the feet of oppressors. He called for a global movement that would extend beyond mere slogans and take tangible action against Zionism. To a large extent, this has been realized. Israel has never been more isolated.

Resistance movements across the region—Hezbollah in Lebanon, Ansarullah in Yemen, the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq—have all declared their readiness to defend Palestine. The political cost of supporting Israel has skyrocketed for Western nations, with even their own citizens taking to the streets in unprecedented numbers.

But Khomeini’s vision is not yet fully realized. Israel still exists. The occupation continues. The West still arms Zionist forces. His goal was not just to weaken Zionism but to end it. And that work continues.

The goals of Imam Khomeini by designating Quds Day

The designation of Quds Day was not symbolic—it was strategic. Imam Khomeini understood that the Zionist project could only survive in silence. He wanted to shatter that silence.

By institutionalizing an annual, global movement, he ensured that the Palestinian cause would never fade into obscurity. He knew that the colonial forces backing Israel feared one thing above all: global awareness. Quds Day makes sure that no matter how much propaganda is spewed, no matter how much AI is used to suppress search results, no matter how many voices are censored, Palestine remains in the global consciousness.

Quds Day also serves as a litmus test for Muslim nations. It separates the sincere from the traitors. It forces governments to take a stand—either with the oppressed or with the oppressor. The normalization deals with Israel expose those who have betrayed their own people, while the nations that embrace Quds Day prove they are still part of the struggle.

Impact of Iran’s foreign policy on Palestinian cause

Iran has stood as the only unwavering state supporter of the Palestinian cause. While Arab monarchies sell their souls to Israel for weapons and business deals, Iran has remained committed to the resistance.

It is Iranian weapons, funding, and training that have kept Palestinian fighters armed against one of the most sophisticated militaries on Earth. It is Iran that has ensured that no front in the Axis of Resistance collapses. When Israel bombards Gaza, Iran activates its allies in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. Without this multi-front pressure, Israel would face no real consequences for its massacres.

Iran’s foreign policy has also been instrumental in building the legal and diplomatic case against Israel’s war crimes. While Western governments shield Israel from accountability, Iran has worked to expose the truth at the International Criminal Court and the UN.

Israel’s collapse

Israel’s downfall is inevitable. The Western powers that sustain it are in decline. The demographic balance is shifting. The myth of Israeli invincibility has been shattered.

The turning point is approaching. The resistance forces in Gaza and Lebanon are stronger than ever. The ICC has issued warrants for Israeli leaders. Western populations are revolting against their governments’ blind support for genocide.

Israel is not just facing military resistance—it is facing economic, diplomatic, and ideological resistance. Boycotts are growing. Protests are escalating. The younger generations in the West no longer blindly support Zionism.

The horizon is clear: Israel will not survive another generation. It will not withstand the pressure. It has lost the moral high ground, the propaganda war, and soon, it will lose the ability to sustain itself. The Zionist project is crumbling under the weight of its own crimes.

And when it falls, it will not be mourned. The world will breathe a sigh of relief. And Palestine will rise.