THE "WIPE OFF THE MAP" CONTROVERSY: A Rare Admission From Israel in Relation to the "Iran Threat"
Was it a momentary lapse of concentration or an honest admission?
Last week, in an interview with Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor in Jerusalem, I heard something I have not heard before.
It's when I challenged him on the biggest talking point of all, Iran's supposed determination to "wipe Israel off the face of the map," that Meridor seemed to stumble outside the lines of the agreed narrative.
Meridor: [Iran's leaders] all come basically ideologically, religiously with the statement that Israel is an unnatural creature, it will not survive. They didn't say 'we'll wipe it out', you are right, but [that] it will not survive, it is a cancerous tumor, it should be removed;
Last week, in an interview with Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor in Jerusalem, I heard something I have not heard before.
It's when I challenged him on the biggest talking point of all, Iran's supposed determination to "wipe Israel off the face of the map," that Meridor seemed to stumble outside the lines of the agreed narrative.
Meridor: [Iran's leaders] all come basically ideologically, religiously with the statement that Israel is an unnatural creature, it will not survive. They didn't say 'we'll wipe it out', you are right, but [that] it will not survive, it is a cancerous tumor, it should be removed;
And please remember: Iran is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the Middle East, outside of Israel. These are people who are very proud of both their Iranian and their Jewish heritage, and they are not immigrating to Israel any time soon.
Which leads us to another interesting question; should Israel decide to attack Iran, will they not, then, be killing brother and sister Jews in such an attack?!?
Which leads us to another interesting question; should Israel decide to attack Iran, will they not, then, be killing brother and sister Jews in such an attack?!?
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