The Seeds Of ANTI-Anti-Zionism In Iran

Daled Amos
05 October '10

Fathiyeh Naghibzaden and Andreas Benl, founding members of the German chapter of the European coalition Stop the Bomb, write that the secret of Ahmadinejad's success globally does not work quite as well at home:

Iranians living under the mullahs’ dictatorship or in exile are wondering if any insult or threat from the mouths of Ahmadinejad or Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will ever convince the West to abandon its fantasies of a dialogue with the leaders of the Islamic Republic. Israelis might have the same questions. It is time to ask how much the two groups have in common.


Ahmadinejad called the 9/11 attacks a plot to “to save the Zionist regime” and accused Western countries of sacrificing freedom of speech on the “altar of Zionism.”


While it is exactly this anti-Semitism that gains him a global popularity other dictators can only dream of, it does not work in Iran, where he has become the most hated political figure in the country. [emphasis added]

Following Kuds day in September 2009, Iranians countered "Death to American!" and "Death to Israel!" with "No to Gaza, no to Lebanon, my life is for Iran" and slogans against allies of the Iranian regime such as Russia and China and by tearing down banners for Hamas and Hezbollah.

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