Sunday, July 23, 2006

Mehr News: "A rogue state goes on a rampage"

This is a more polished and comprehensive propaganda piece than most of what has come out of the Iranian press so far. The whole article is extremely interesting, with lots of borrowing from Western leftists, but the following is especially notable since it seems to take the new approach of threatening Jews, as distinct from Israelis:
The Israeli rampage this time will also intensify Arab and Muslim antagonism towards Israel, Israelis, and even Jews. Since the British-initiated Balfour Declaration of 1917 increased the tempo of Zionist colonization of Palestine, Arab and Muslim antipathy towards Jews has been on the rise. It reached a crescendo with the creation of Israel in 1948. Since then, the insolence and arrogance with which Israel has sustained and expanded its power and territory has generated even more anger and hatred towards Zionists and Jews among Muslims everywhere. With the latest act of aggression -- the disproportionate use of force is so blatant -- Muslim-Jewish/Zionist relations may have deteriorated to a point of no return.
And what does it mean to be at "a point of no return"? If I were an Iranian Jew, I would be trying my best to get out of the country.

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