Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani called on his counterparts in Muslim parliaments to denounce the Israeli killings of defenseless Gaza citizens and adopt appropriate measures in support of the Palestinian nation.
"The Zionist regime must be stopped from creating new crises [in the region]," he said, adding that the best course of action against "terrorists ruling Tel Aviv is resistance," IRNA reported on Sunday.
Clashes have been ongoing since Friday when tens of thousands of Palestinians began a six-week march in Gaza to demand their right to return to the homes of their families in what is now called Israel.
Israel has responded ferociously to the rally and as of Sunday, at least 17 Palestinians have been shot dead and more than 1,450 others injured.
The top parliamentarian criticized the US president for its unconditional support of Israel, saying Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Beit-ul-Moqaddas has emboldened Israel to carry on its 70-year lawlessness and carnage of Palestinian people.
Echoing that view, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi called on Islamic ummah to put aside political infighting and threatening other Muslim nations, urging them to "use their resources and mobilize their nations against the inhumane actions of the Zionist regime."
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He also slammed "the leaders of some regional countries who have established covert and overt relations with Israel," in a reference to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain which have been widely reported in the past year to establish ties with Israel.
"These countries are an accomplice in the killings of Palestinians and must be held accountable," he added.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also hit out at "Zionist tyrants" who "murder peaceful Palestinian protesters whose land they have stolen as they march to escape their cruel and inhuman apartheid bondage."
Rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have criticized Israel's use of live fire.
"While some Palestinian demonstrators have thrown stones and other objects toward the fence, it's hard to believe how this would be an imminent danger to the lives of well-equipped soldiers protected by snipers, tanks and drones," Amnesty said.
Friday's demonstration also marked Land Day, the annual commemoration of an incident that took place on March 30, 1976, when six unarmed Palestinian citizens were killed by Israeli forces during protests against the Israeli government's decision to expropriate massive tracts of Palestinian-owned land.
Land Day is seen by Palestinians as a continuation of an ethnic cleansing campaign carried out by Zionist armed groups in 1948, when more than 750,000 Palestinians were driven off their lands in an event known to Muslims as the Nakba, or "catastrophe".
Friday also marked the beginning of a six-week sit-in demonstration leading up to the commemoration of the Nakba on May 14.
May 14 will mark 70 years since the creation of Israel and is when the United States is expected to open its new Beit-ul-Moqaddas embassy.
