TEHRAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday underlined the need to take international actions to confront Israeli attacks on the Palestinians.

During their phone talk, Rouhani said that the Palestinian cause is the most important and active common issue of the Muslim community worldwide, said Iran's presidential office in a statement.

Islamic states, he added, should cooperate to confront the Israeli "aggression" against the Palestinians through international bodies such as the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

The Iranian president voiced Tehran's readiness to share points of view and boost the Tehran-Ankara cooperation to resolve crises in West Asia, including those of Syria and Yemen.

For his part, Erdogan described Israeli attacks on the Palestinians as highly worrying, and called for a strong reaction of the international community, the Iranian presidential office said.

The Turkish president also expressed the hope that an Ankara-Tehran strategic cooperation meeting would be held in the coming months to expand cooperation between the two countries.

Also on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took part in a virtual emergency meeting of the OIC, during which he accused Israel of "blatant and systematic violations of human rights, humanitarian law and international law."

Zarif said Israel "only understands the language of resistance," adding that the Palestinians are "fully entitled to the right to defend themselves."

Zarif also called for an "institutionalized" legal and political campaign against Israel at regional and international levels. Enditem

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