Thousands of people, including women and children, also formed a human chain for five kilometres (three miles) along south Lebanon's border with Israel, waving Hezbollah and Palestinian flags to denounce Israel's creation in 1948. "I declare that we... will not acknowledge, deal with, normalise ties with or surrender to Israel, even if the whole world acknowledges (its existence)" Nasrallah said. Quds Day, the brainchild of the Islamic republic of Iran's late founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians. Full Article at Zawya.com