Sheik Muhammad Al-Zein, a Friday preacher at Al-'Omari Mosque in Sidon, Lebanon, was interviewed on Al-Alam TV, the Arabic-language Iranian channel, and called on Palestinian to increase suicide operations. The following are excerpts:

Sheik Al-Zein: I call to our brothers, the Intifada youths, whether from Hamas, (Islamic) Jihad, or Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades to rise above internal conflict and raise the banner of Jihad and martyrdom for the sake of Allah in order to contend with the Israeli enemy.

This is the only way, because the Zionist entity, as we all know, receives support and aid from the Western world, especially from the US. We cannot confront this entity in familiar ways of politics and negotiation, calling for peace and other conventional ways. The struggle should be in unusual, through resistance and martyrdom, by which we can achieve balance with the Zionist entity; despite the aid it receives from the entire world.

Host: In your opinion, should the preachers speak about the Palestinian cause in tomorrow's Friday sermon?

Sheik Al-Zein: In my opinion, the preachers should present the issue of commitment to resistance and Intifada and preach for Jihad and martyrdom for Allah. The Palestinian people should be a people with a message, instilled with faith and rising above trivialities, Israel, the US, and some collaborators want them to busy their selves with. This people must continue to sacrifice martyrs daily, and confront the Israeli enemy with steadfastness, faith, and high values.