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That was an ultra-conservative prime minister 18 years ago. Not enough to call "the government" antisemitic, in general and all the time.
by throw310822 2y ago
That was an ultra-conservative prime minister 18 years ago. Not enough to call "the government" antisemitic, in general and all the time.
- exe34 2y agoI think funding Hamas and supplying them with weapons, given their actions on October 7th, counts as antisemitic. Hamas has one purpose.
- throw834928 2y agoI wonder what that makes Netanyahu https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up...
- exe34 2y agoso if they cut aid from Hamas, it's genocide, open air prison, etc, but if they provide humanitarian support before Hamas attacks them, it's their own fault?
- woodruffw 2y agoKhamenei has been the supreme leader for over three decades at this point, and has left a very long trail of Holocaust denial and "elders of Zion"-type public statements behind him. I don't think it's a stretch to infer that Iran's governmental views extend in no small part from his personal views. Again: this isn't a blanket characterization of the people of Iran, and it's not an assumption that Iran's government will always be antisemitic.