Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

September 8, 2015

Iranian Official Anti-Semitism Is Not Bait for the Masses

Hating Israel lies at the heart of the regime’s ideology.

Apologists for the Islamic Republic—including Secretary of State John Kerry—have tried to explain away the anti-Semitic rhetoric of its leading political and religious figures, along with their frequent calls for the destruction of Israel, as mere populist rhetoric, intended for “domestic consumption only.” Ben Cohen highlights the dangerous absurdity of this line:

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