In this mailing:
- Denis MacEoin: Imported Antisemitism and Those Who Support It
- Amir Taheri: Iran Elections: The Least Bad Outcome
by Denis MacEoin • March 1, 2020 at 5:00 am
A 2014 survey of antisemitism by the US Anti-Defamation League covered 100 countries. It found that all the countries in the top 10 most antisemitic locations were in the Middle East or north Africa region, with an overall figure of 73%. The West Bank and Gaza came at the top, with 93% of Palestinians expressing antisemitic views.
The 1988 Covenant (Mithaq) of Jeremy Corbyn's good friends (and Israel's enemies)... could not be more religious in nature.... "Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious." Note that they say they are fighting "Jews", not "Israelis".
In the end, the only thing that can oppose it will be a renewal of a secular reform that once had a deep impact in many Muslim countries only to falter after the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979. Without that, peace may never return to the Middle East.
On March 6, 2019, Britain's Equalities and Human Rights Commission launched a probe into claims that the country's Labour Party, currently led by the lifelong Trotskyite Jeremy Corbyn, is "institutionally anti-Semitic". (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
On March 6, 2019, Britain's Equalities and Human Rights Commission launched a probe into claims that the country's Labour Party, currently led by the lifelong Trotskyite Jeremy Corbyn, is "institutionally anti-Semitic".
We are all too familiar with the development that the conflation of antisemitism and antizionism may be found today within politics.[1] Challenging this distortion remains a priority in Western countries. Fortunately, as recent events within Britain's Labour Party have shown, many constituents are rejecting the overt antisemitism and anti-Israel extremism of the groups who have often underhandedly taken control of their party.[2]
It increasingly seems as if one source of antisemitism -- as shown by more than one survey in Europe and in the United States -- is that there often seems to be widespread antisemitism within Muslim communities (here, here and here).
by Amir Taheri • March 1, 2020 at 4:00 am
For the first time in 40 years.... [t]he so-called "moderates" and "reformists" whose task was to give a North Korean-style regime a Scandinavian varnish have been reduced to insignificance.... Thus even without Ahmadinejad's bloc, the IRGC and affiliates enjoy a solid majority.
The fact that the new Majlis reflects the true nature of the regime as never before must be regarded as a positive development.... In foreign policy, the new Majlis could end the illusion, most recently entertained by former US President Barack Obama, that the way to bring Iran back into the international fold is to back the "moderate" faction by offering concessions to the regime.
The next Majlis reveals the true nature of the Khomeinist system as a typical "Third World" regime with a military-security backbone and a thin ideological varnish. Something like the Castroist outfit in Cuba, the Zimbabwe of Robert Mugabe, and, above all, North Korea, which is Khamenei's ideal model of government.... Seen in that light, no one would expect the Islamic Republic to respect human rights, encourage citizen participation in decision-making and put the quest for economic development above obsession with ideological purity.
The results show that the overwhelming majority of Iranians either reject the current regime or, at last no longer actively support it.... For the Iranian opposition, the unmasking of the regime is a great boon; knowing who exactly one is fighting against is the first step towards shaping a credible strategy for change.
Following Iran's February 21 elections, for the first time in 40 years, the next Majlis will appear as a solid base for radical Khomeinism, abandoning the four-decade long "hardline-moderate" comedy designed to fool the old middle classes and the outside world. Pictured: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
Describing the latest exercise in voting in Iran's "elections" may require a high degree of indulgence. When all candidates are pre-approved by the authorities and no one is declared a winner without the stamp of the "Supreme Guide", to speak of elections would mean stretching lexical flexibility to breaking point. And, yet, the rigmarole in question merits attention for a number of reasons.
To start with, the lowest percentage of eligible voters chose to go to the polls. After days of hesitation, the authorities decided to report a turnout of 42 percent, the lowest in the history of the Islamic Republic.
In Tehran, voter turnout was around 24 percent. Four other provinces, Khuzestan, Gilan, Qom, and Alborz, also registered low turnouts of around 30 percent.
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