Iran threatens Israel with annihilation. Again.
According to a news report by Yahoo! News, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said that "the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation. The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm." (Emphasis added.)
Oy. We need not say anything more.
posted by Muslihoon @ 12:39
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Remember though that the creation of Israel was a British commitment (the Balfour Declaration) resulting from the strength of certain Jews in Parliament, and that the Zionist movement was originally oriented toward a secular state in which Jewish ETHNICITY held pride of place.
Iran can no more make the Jews go away than the Turks can rid themselves of the Kurds. The difference is that the Jews have a state already, one that is internationally recognized. It is also the closest thing to a democracy in the middle east, something that the West favors from an ideological point of view.
The solution to the "Jewish Problem" as Iran's government now defines it will be much like Hitler's because it springs from the same roots: "The Jews don't belong in _____________, so let's get rid of them."
When have the Jews ever belonged anywhere? The Jews can belong in Israel only as long as they are willing to defend their nation and have the backing of powerful allies like the US. That's been the situation since Israel was formed after WWII; someday that will probably change, but I doubt it will happen during the lifetime of Iran's president.
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