Imam Khomeini's views relating to the Palestinian problem and confrontation with the Zionist enemy can analyzed from various perspectives. Imam had undertaken serious efforts to unite the Muslim over the Palestinian issue even before the victory of the Islamic Revolution under his wise leadership in 1979.
Imam Khomeini in this matter said that It is the duty of the governments of Islamic oil producing countries to use their oil and the other means they have at their disposal as weapons against Israel and the imperialists, and to refuse to sell oil to the governments supporting Israel."
Even though the majority of the Arabs and Muslims living in Palestine belonged to the Sunni sect, Imam Khomeini, in his role as Shia jurisprudent and marja', did not refuse them any kind of help. He considered the issue of Palestine as one that was related to the very existence of Islam, and stressed it was a problem which concerned the Islamic world as a whole.
Indeed it is the existence of these very potentials and the enlightening messages of Imam Khomeini that have led America, Europe and Israel in past years to employ all their might against Imam's policies and the Islamic republic system.