{"id":5270,"date":"2023-11-27T21:31:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T03:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2023-12-05T22:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:59:19","slug":"5270","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/11\/27\/5270\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Real Reason Iran Hates Israel:\u00a0 The anti-Semitic regime in Tehran believes Jews guide and control American policy in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> Wall Street Journal, 11-27-23.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c[The] fundamental motivation of Iran\u2019s theocracy: anti-Semitism. At least three generations of radical Iranian clerics have viewed Israel as illegitimate, usurping sacred Islamic lands in the name of a pernicious ideology advanced by history\u2019s most devilish and stubborn people. Using the language of French Marxism, they call Israel a Western \u201ccolonial-settler state,\u201d and they believe Jews guide American imperialism in the Middle East. In this struggle between good and evil, Muslims have a religious obligation to resist Israel and global Jewry. \u2026. \u201cIranian expansionism\u2014its support to radical militias throughout the Middle East\u2014is impossible to understand properly without seeing the world as Iranian leaders do. They believe they are fighting a Jewish conspiracy that controls the West and intends to humble Muslims everywhere. Hamas\u2019s war against Israel is part of that struggle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran adds sophisticated warship to Caspian fleet,\u201d<\/a> AP, 11-27-23.<\/p>\n

40% plus each year.\u00a0 Ouch.\u00a0 \u201cInflation rate in Iran shows no sign of improvement,\u201d<\/a> Iran Focus, 11-27-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cJailed Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Denounces Iran\u2019s \u201cExecution Machine\u201d,\u201d<\/a> Iran Wire, 11-27-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cIAEA stops short of resolution on Iran in Vienna,\u201d<\/a> JNS,\u00a011-27-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran-backed Houthis fire on US Navy ship answering distress call from Israel-linked tanker,\u201d<\/a> NYPost, 11-27-23.\u00a0 Luckily the two ballistic missiles exploded 10 miles from the ship.\u00a0 See also the following article which explains that pirates were involved, and their possible connection to Houthis is being investigated by the U.S. Navy.\u00a0 BTW, the Iran attack tally on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria is 73 since Oct. 17.\u00a0 \u201cPentagon: Suspected Somali pirates behind cargo ship attack in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 11-27-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Gray Zone: Iran\u2019s Global Strategy,\u201d<\/a> Dialogo Americas, 11-27-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cFormer president Hassan Rouhani (2013-21) has registered to defend his seat in the elections for Iran\u2019s Assembly of Experts next year. The 88-member clerical body is tasked with supervising the performance of the supreme leader\u2014and appointing his successor. The elections for the council next year, held every eight years, are considered vital because the assembly may appoint the person to replace 84-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\u00a0 See \u201cWill Rouhani help decide Iran\u2019s next supreme leader?,\u201d<\/a> Amwaj, 11-27-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Nuclear Program: Tehran\u2019s Compliance with International Obligations,”<\/a> Updated November 27, 2023,\u201d CRS, 11-27-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Real Reason Iran Hates Israel:\u00a0 The anti-Semitic regime in Tehran believes Jews guide and control American policy in the Middle East,\u201d Wall Street Journal, 11-27-23.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c[The] fundamental motivation of Iran\u2019s theocracy: anti-Semitism. At least three generations of radical Iranian clerics have viewed Israel as illegitimate, usurping sacred Islamic lands in the name of a pernicious … <\/p>\n

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