Dear Family & Friends,

I have 2 full GW Diaries to send tonight but, it’s too much to digest….So here is the first one:

I could only get the anchorlinks to work on #s 1 & 7.

Have a good night & a great day. All the very best, Gail/Geula/Savta/Savta Raba x 2/Mom

2.Firebomb Thrown at Rachel’s Tomb By: Jewish Press News Briefs August 16th, 2015

Fortress Rachel (Rachel’s Tomb)
Photo Credit: Mendy Hechtman/Flash90

A firebomb was thrown at Rachel’s Tomb on Sunday night, according to Tazpit News Agency report. The firebomb exploded in the parking lot. No injuries or damage were reported

Comments: Evelyn Hayes ·Hunter College

“I remember as the wall was being built in the middle of the street, leaving Tzvi Hirsh Kalisher and Natan Straus purchased property outside of the wall, the peaceful residents were fleeing and HAMAS terrorists were moving in. If the PA and HAMAS cannot control terrorism & even initiate it, move them out. They are not aborigines in this once peaceful city a short walk from Jerusalem. Are Jews throwing firebombs at their mosques? Punish the guilty. No firebombs at Jewish holy sites. Oslo II did not make the deployment from Bethlehem for terrorist replacements. In 1967 an Arab came from the field and gave the key back to Rav Goren. Gave the key back to the holy site refaced by Sir Moses Montefiore. in 1841.”

3.Joint Shin Bet, Customs Sting Foils Gaza’s Latest Smuggling Operation

Shin Bet operatives and Israeli customs personnel at the Nitzana border crossing caught smugglers “importing” 2-ton fiberglass rolls to Gaza. By: Hana Levi Julian JewishPress.com 8/17/15

The border between Israel and Egypt, located near Nitzana. Photo Credit: Dudu Greenspan / Flash 90

Cleared for publication: Smugglers were caught trying to sneak 2-ton rolls of fiberglass into Gaza in a joint sting carried out by General Security Services (Shin Bet) personnel and Israeli customs staff at the Nitzana border crossing.

The two teams worked together to prevent the smuggling earlier this month of the fiberglass, which is a prohibited item in the enclave.

Fiberglass is used as a raw material in the construction of long-range rockets, such as those that were fired at Israel’s major cities from Gaza last summer during Operation Protective Edge.

The fiberglass cylinders were discovered in a shipment that aroused the suspicion of customs workers due to its weight: the importer’s declaration stated the shipment was supposed to contain items of clothing and textiles. However, a closer inspection revealed the presence of the fiberglass rolls as well.

Shin Bet officials said they believe the fiberglass was intended for use by Gaza terrorists since these are used as a primary raw material in the manufacture of long-range rocket batteries.

A similar attempt was stymied last week as well at the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, where fiberglass stocks were also found hidden among a shipment of school supplies that were intended for import into the enclave for the upcoming school year.

Legal action will be taken against the traffickers in both cases, Shin Bet officials said. Gaza terrorists attempt every way possible to smuggle in raw materials for terrorism, the security service emphasized, even through hiding the items in humanitarian supplies.

At the beginning of the year, cooperation between the Customs Administration Tax Authority and the General Security Service (Shin Bet) was important in thwarting dozens of attempts by terrorists to smuggle prohibited goods and materials in Gaza. The items included wetsuits (for underwater use by terrorists), polyurethane – which is used as rocket propellant – sulfur bars and special coal which is used to fuel furnaces for processing iron and other metals to produce rockets and other weapons.

About the Author: Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.

4.Israel, Jordan Close Deal on Drones to Fight ISIS

Israel will supply Jordan with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to combat Da’esh (ISIS).

By: Hana Levi Julian JewishPress.com Published: August 17th, 2015

The Heron TP (Eitan) UAV is designed to fly at high altitude on missions spanning over several days. This HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance) UAV has a wingspan of a Boeing 737 & weighs 4.5 tons; of that, 1,000 Kg is payload. The Eitan, derived from the `Heron’ MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) platform, was developed by Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI). Photo Credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami / Flash 90

Israel and Jordan have inked a deal for Jerusalem to supply the Hashemite Kingdom with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to combat Da’esh (ISIS).

The announcement is a sign of increased cooperation between the two countries in the face of a common enemy. Last month it became known that Israel supplied Jordan with 16 Bell AH-1E/F Cobras it had previously retired from service.

Images seen online on August 13 also showed Royal Jordanian Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons parked next to Israeli Air Force Boeing F-151 Eagle (Ra’am) fighters at Lajes Field in the Azores on their way to the United States for joint exercises, accompanied by a group of Israeli Air Force KC-707 fuel tankers.

The Heron TP strategic UAV produced by Israel Aerospace Industries and the Elbit Systems Skylark tactical UAV are reportedly needed to support Jordanian special ground forces as they do battle with Da’esh (ISIS) in Iraq, according to Jane’s. The terrorist group seized control over the sole crossing on Jordan’s common border with Iraq a year ago.

A total of 12 drones of both types are to be delivered to Jordan, the DEBKAfile website reported, although there has been no confirmation of the claim. Elbit denied the report, according to Jane’s.

The Heron TP is the largest and most sophisticated UAV in service since entering the IDF in 2010. The drone can fly to an altitude of 45,000 feet and stay there for up to 40 hours if necessary.

Recently the drone has been approved to carry the IAI (Tamam) M-19HD electro-optical sensor turret which includes zoom and spotter high-definition (HD) day cameras, an HD infrared (IR) zoom camera; laser designator; laser rangefinder; laser pointer, near-IR laser illuminator; electron-multiplied charge-coupled device (CCD) camera; and short-wave IR camera.

About the Author: Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.

5.In Defense of Ambassador Danny Danon  By: JoeSettler 8/17/15

Minister Danny Danon PhotoCredit:MiriamAlsterFlash 90

The left are frothing at the mouth at the appointment of Minister Danny Danon as Israel’s Ambassador to the UN. Primarily, because he’s a rightwing ideologue, and will unapologetically represent the views of the majority of Israel’s citizens and of the current government of Israel.

The left not only hates those views, they simply can’t understand how any positions other than capitulation can be defensible to the world.

Some on the right are complaining too, considering Danon to be a thorn in Netanyahu’s side, and this is Netanyahu’s way of getting rid of his political problem, at the expense of making a non-diplomatic appointment to an critical position.

But they’re both wrong.

The Left, brought us the Oslo disaster and its subsequent terror attacks, the recent Lebanon wars, the Disengagement and the Gaza wars. There’s no need to rebut their worldview. They’ve done it for themselves.

And besides, they froth at the mouth at every rightwing appointment.

For the Right, they need to consider something important. Only two people have truly and successfully challenged Prime Minister Netanyahu over the years for leadership of the Likud, Moshe Feiglin and Danny Danon.

While Feiglin successfully challenged Netanyahu by bringing his followers into the Likud from the outside, Danon managed to work inside the existing institutions, convincing Netanyahu’s own Likud people to join his team instead.

Repeatedly Netanyahu found Danon ruling the very same internal Likud institutions where Netanyahu should have been the unchallenged leader.

It’s precisely the fact that Danon managed to be a thorn in Netanyahu’s side, building up a strong coalition of followers, right under Netanyahu’s watchful gaze, indicates Danon’s ability to quietly organize and convince people to follow him.

Our former Foreign Minister, Avigdor Liberman proved that Right-leaning diplomats, working behind the scenes, confident in our country’s political positions were able to convince other countries to vote and stand with us in the international arena.

Danon sees himself as a contender for the position of Prime Minister. I suspect Netanyahu sees that potential in Danon too. There are many similarities between the two of them.

It’s no coincidence that Danny Danon reminds people of the young Bibi Netanyahu.

The fact that Danon was able to outplay Netanyahu in his own playground, proves Danon has the skills and capabilities that will be useful in the backrooms of the UN, quietly building up coalitions that will support Israel, while forcefully defending Israel at the podium, from a position of strength.

Netanyahu appointing Danon isn’t about getting rid of a thorn, it’s about preparing another qualified candidate. A potential leader who Netanyahu may dislike now because of the challenges he creates, but one who Netanyahu also trusts over the long term because of his unwavering ideology and skills — for the inevitable day when Netanyahu decides to step down.

About the Author: JoeSettler blogs at The Muqata.blogspot.com and occasionally on his own blog at JoeSettler.blogspot.com.

6.Israeli Geneticists Offer Exam to Presage Cancer 15 Years Prior to Earliest Symptoms By: JNi.Media JewishPress.com 8/17/!5

Galil Genetic Analysis Ltd. Photo Credit: Galil Genetic Analysis Ltd.

(JNi.media) A genetic analysis laboratory in Katzrin, in the Golan Heights, has announced a new development allowing the identification of an inherited predisposition to prostate and other cancers in families with a history of cancer—a full 10 to 15 years before any symptoms of early cancer are presented.

Galil Genetic Analysis (GGA) says it is leading the revolution in genetic diagnostic testing in Israel, and is the largest private genetics laboratory in the country, dealing, among other areas, in Oncogenetics predisposition testing.

The company’s stated goal is that its genetic testing be used to provide all patients with a confirmed diagnosis of their chances to have cancer in the next 10 to 15 years, so that they can receive the most appropriate medical and pharmaceutical treatment.

According to GGA’s website, each patient can become aware of potential medical risks according to his or her genetic background, as well as family members’, and be able to reduce the risk for biological relatives.

These promises are apparently already being fulfilled today, according to a Monday report in Ynet. The patient is referred to the GGA lab by an oncologist, and the exam is done privately, since Israel’s HMOs do not yet provide for it.

The patient gives a blood or saliva sample which is sent to GGA in Katzrin. The test device scans 12 to 66 genes, and is capable of detecting risk for prostate, colon, breast, ovarian, pancreatic and skin cancers, to name a few.

The cost of the test ranges from $1,600 to $2,000. The genetic analysis takes five to seven weeks, and the results are sent to the referring oncologist, who then deciphers the results and invites the patient for consultation.

The test detects mutations in genes, allowing the attending physician to better understand the characteristics of the disease and tailor an optimal treatment for it. The patient would typically also be at a high risk to develop other cancers, and would benefit from the increased surveillance efforts to get early detection of additional tumors. This patient may receive preventive treatments and be warned about exposure to cancer causing factors.

The company’s most ambitious goal is to get to a place where, in each individual medical record, the predicted reactions to drugs will be listed, so that, when necessary, the patient will be treated accordingly.

Their website promises emphatically: “Pharmaceutical treatment will no longer be provided by the method of trial and error.”

According to the Israel Cancer Association, in 2012, 28,709 individuals were diagnosed with malignant tumors in Israel and 10,640 succumbed to the disease.

The main cancers that account for 50% of overall cancer morbidity among men are prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers, and cancer of the urethral diverticulum, as well as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Among women the reigning causes are breast, colorectal, and uterine cancers, as well as NHL.

The main cancers that account for over 50% of overall mortality are similar among the Jewish and Arab populations, in men: lung, colorectal and pancreatic cancers, in women: breast, colorectal and lung cancers.

However, Israel ranks relatively low among the top 20 countries with the highest incidence and mortality rates in the world. Israeli men rank 19th highest and Israeli women 15th highest, both in incidence and mortality.

Compared with cancer mortality in OECD countries, as of 2011, Israel ranks below average, with a relatively low mortality rate (8th lowest).

Iranian demonstrators burn symbolic structures of their archenemies depicting the flags of the U.S., Britain, Saudi Arabia , Islamic state and Israel during a rally marking the international al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran July 10, 2015. Iranian demonstrators burn symbolic structures of their archenemies depicting the flags of the U.S., Britain, Saudi Arabia , Islamic state and Israel during a rally marking the international al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran July 10, 2015. The Vienna nuclear agreement with Iran (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) was reached just four days later. REUTERS/Stringer/TIMA

Introduction

Iran’s Supreme Leader is the Main Agitator for the Destruction of Israel

Sixteen years after his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s founding vision — that the eradication of Zionism is an inevitable precondition for redeeming contemporary Islam — keeps guiding the current generation of Iran’s religious, political and military establishment. To him the destruction of Zionism was an axiom never to be questioned or strayed from and an objective to be perpetually and actively pursued. According to this vision, Israel should be fought as part of a protracted global struggle between Islam and the West, which “planted intentionally the Zionist Entity in the heart of Islamic World.”

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was faithful to this doctrine, making it the centerpiece of his foreign policy; current President Hassan Rouhani, his successor for the last two years, is also faithful to this doctrine, just less obvious. Notwithstanding, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bears the torch and is the chief agitator for the extermination of Israel, spreading this message worldwide over social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, books¹ and addressing various target audiences in English, Arabic and Persian.

The Iranian religious, political, intellectual and military elite support & repeat Khamenei’s messages. Members of the Iranian Army high command (as opposed to the Revolutionary Guards) have even declared their willingness & capability to destroy Israel, once the leader’s order is given. Practically speaking, the regime’s intelligence & international subversion agencies, mostly the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, massively support anti-Israel terror groups & stage repeated conferences in Iran dedicated to denial of the Holocaust & to delegitimisation of Israel’s right to exist.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Anti-Israel Propaganda as the Zeitgeist

Current Iranian anti-Israeli rhetoric is nothing but an adjustment of the battle cries from the 1979 Revolution to the unfolding of new Middle East geopolitics, especially the Islamic Awakening, as Iranian leaders refer to the Arab Spring uprisings, and the recent Israeli-Palestinian clashes.

Iran’s current leadership, especially Revolutionary Guards leaders who progress to assume political senior positions as Parliament (Majlis) members, cabinet ministers, provincial governors and captains of economy, interpret Iran’s perceived “divine” international achievements as signs of the Mahdi’s messianic coming, reaffirming to them Khomeini’s revolutionary, activist Shiism.

These signs include Iran’s retaining its nuclear program, defying Western sanctions and signing a historical nuclear deal; the repeated successes of Iranian-backed Palestinian and terror groups, namely Hamas, and Palestine Islamic Jihad, Hizbullah, in standing up to Israel; the disintegration of Arab states and the Arab world; and the Islamic Awakening.

They believe that just as Khomeini “prophesied” the downfall of the USSR and Saddam’s Iraq, his prophecy about Israel’s destruction must also come true. Iran can facilitate its downfall either by fighting Israel or by massively supporting anti-Israel terror groups. The nuclear deal establishing Iran as a threshold nuclear state with fast breakout capabilities to a nuclear bomb will enable Iran to increase its efforts in hastening Khomeini’s prophecy.

The intensive propaganda for the destruction of Israel is just part of the Iranian regime’s activities aimed at “exporting the revolution,” allowing Iran to pose as a champion of the Palestinian issue, as well as fulfilling Khomeini’s vision of destroying Israel. This championing assumes the form of supplying various weapons — from sniper rifles, anti-tank (AT) missiles, rockets and drones — to terror groups attacking Israel’s southern border (the Gaza-based Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad), and its northern border (Lebanese Hizbullah).

Throughout the last year, and especially since the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict, the Iranian Supreme Leader ran an extensive campaign to provide West Bank Palestinians with weapons “just like the Gaza groups have,” and was widely supported by the Iranian Army, as well as the Revolutionary Guards High Command.

The aforementioned conflict coincided with the Iranian holiday Yom Al-Quds, or Jerusalem Day, celebrated since 1979 not only in Iran but all over the Islamic world on the last Friday of Ramadan to demonstrate Muslims’ desire to “liberate” Jerusalem from Israeli domination. It is celebrated by anti-Israeli and anti-American belligerent rhetoric and with calls to destroy Israel, “the regime occupying Jerusalem,” and “Death to America.”

In short, Khomeini’s teachings, including the wish to destroy Israel, keep defining the Islamic Revolution’s purposes.

Iran’s anti-Israeli rhetoric is practically the only common denominator between it and the predominantly Sunni Arab world surrounding it, allowing it to somewhat bridge Arab-Persian ethnic tensions and the widening Sunni-Shiite religious schism even as the Middle East rapidly embraces Sunni radicalism, Islamic State-style. Anti-Israeli rhetoric also allows Iran to reach out to international anti-Israel and anti-Jewish elements, such as Holocaust deniers and the BDS movement, in an attempt to delegitimize Israel’s existence. Iran has already hosted several congresses on these issues.

Meanwhile, when negotiating with Western powers, Iran sugar-coats its belligerent ideology, presenting it as the “Iranian Peace Plan,” which is repeatedly mentioned by several Iranian officials, including Khamenei. As part of this peace plan, Iran calls for “a just and permanent solution of the Palestinian Question,” which in practice means the elimination of the Jewish State and wins the attention of several anti-Israel Western-based groups. Its major points are:

§ Repatriation of all the Palestinian Diaspora;

§ A referendum on the future system of government in “Palestine,” in which “only the genuine inhabitants of Palestine” (Muslims, Christians, and Jews other than those who immigrated after 1948) may vote;

§ The future State of Palestine should decide the fate of Jewish immigrants to Palestine for the last 50 years.

On May 9, 2015, in the midst of the final stages of the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1, Iran hosted the Second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest. The first was held in 2005, and was marked by Holocaust denial propaganda. It came to be the defining moment of Ahmadinejad’s eight-year presidency.²

One of the cartoons submitted to Iran’s Holocaust Cartoon Contest (Iran Republic News Agency)

The contest was organized by the House of Cartoon and the Sarcheshmeh Cultural Center, chaired by Massoud Shojai Tabatabayai, who also heads the House of Cartoon. In his words, the purpose of the contest was to expose Western double standards regarding freedom of speech, since Western states permit insults to Islam, such as those delivered by Charlie Hebdo, yet suppress any examination of the Holocaust and Israel. In his words, he decided to challenge the West on the issue of Western oversensitivity to the Holocaust.

As the House of Cartoon put it: “If freedom of expression knows no boundary, the issue of the Holocaust must also be critically and freely reviewed.”

In short, Iranian leaders, first and foremost its Supreme Leader Khamenei, keep preaching for the destruction of Israel, escalating anti-Israeli armed struggle and internationally delegitimizing Israel. They have not moderated their anti-Israel and anti-Zionist rhetoric, even during the critical stages of the nuclear talks with the West, as if the nuclear talks were completely dissociated from Iranian foreign policy, Moreover, Iran went as far as to argue that the talks do not indicate any Iranian-American rapprochement.

Accepting Iran as a nuclear threshold state capable of launching a military nuclear program, should it decide to, will allow it to intensify its direct anti-Israel aggression and its subversive activity against moderate Arab states, such as Egypt and the Gulf states, now under a nuclear umbrella.

Examples of Anti-Israeli Rhetoric and Activities by Iranian Leaders and Pro-Regime Armed Groups Iranian Leader calls to destroy Israel and approves of terrorism:

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Reaffirmed “Death to Israel” “Death to America” Slogan in his addresses marking the conclusion of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, July 18, 2015:

Supreme Leader Khamenei reaffirms anti-U.S. and Israel slogans (MEMRI TV)
“The slogans of the Iranian nation on Al-Qods Day show what its position is. The slogans ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to America’ have resounded throughout the country, and are not limited to Tehran and the other large cities. The entire country is under the umbrella of this great movement (of ‘Death to Israel / America’).”³

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From Supreme Leader Khaenei’s Twitter account

The only solution to the Palestinian Question is destroying Israel

Addressing student groups on July 23, 2014, Khamenei referred to events in Gaza, stating: “These indescribable crimes reveal the true nature of this wolfish, child-slaying regime, and must only be treated by total annihilation of it. Until then, the only way to face this barbarous regime is through uncompromising armed resistance by the Palestinians, which should be spread to the West Bank.”

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From Supreme Leader Khamenei’s English Facebook account, “Arm the West Bank”

Referring to the tragedies suffered by the oppressed people of Gaza, the Islamic Revolution Leader added, “These events are examples of the brutal iron-fist policy this illegitimate and false regime has been perpetrating, most arrogantly and insolently, during its 66-year long existence.”

The Leader stressed, “As Imam Khomeini ordered, Israel must be destroyed, and its annihilation is the only real solution. Yet it does not mean the annihilation of the Jews in the region. This is a reasonable plan and there is a practical way to carry it out, which the Islamic Republic has presented to the international community [the so-called “Iranian Peace Plan”].

He also said: “Following the internationally accepted plan, the people who are genuine inhabitants of the region should hold a referendum, on their preferred system of government, thus annulling this false, occupying regime.”

The Islamic Revolution Leader also said: “Until, by Allah’s help, this brutal, murderous regime is annulled, this destructive regime must be treated with powerful and resolute armed resistance.”

“Let nobody suppose that the Zionist regime would have compromised if it was not for Gaza’s rockets: since the West Bank has neither rockets nor even firearms, the only weapon of the people there being stones, the regime slays and degrades the people there.”

“Due to all these events, we believe that the West Bank must be armed like Gaza, and everyone who cares for Palestine must act in this field, strengthening the Palestinians and weakening the Zionist enemy, in order to ease the ordeal of the Palestinians.”⁴

Whether there is a nuclear deal or not, Israel is not going to be secure:

Khamenei’s address to the Supreme Council of Basij-e Mostazafin, Sunday, August 31, 2014:

“Israel will grow less safe day by day, whether there is a nuclear deal or not. (Referring to U.S. officials expressing concerns about the deal’s influence on Israel’s security, he said): Bear this in mind that Israel will never be secure, with or without a nuclear deal.”⁵

After the nuclear deal was finalized, Khamenei retweeted the “Whether there is a nuclear deal or not, Israel is not going to be secure” tweet adding a short YouTube video demonstrating massive missile launchings:⁶

Iran Deal won’t ensure Israel’s security

The Islamic Revolution Leader addressing the Supreme Council of the Basij: “Thanks to Basij ideology, Iran is invincible. We do not disapprove of proceeding with the talks. With or without a deal, Israel will grow less secure day-by-day; the Iranian Government is supported by the Basij in taking anti-sanction economic measures.”

Addressing U.S. officials speaking about the necessity to safeguard Israel as part of the nuclear talks, Khamenei said: “Bear this in mind. Israel will never be secure, with or without a nuclear deal.”

“We are currently witnessing the reviving and invigorating effect of the Basij spirit in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, and by Allah’s Grace, we shall witness it in Jerusalem, for the sake of saving Al-Aqsa.”

Posters of Iranian missiles “raining soon” on Israel (Mustadafin World Front)

To make it clear, he said: “The main purpose of U.S. officials is to please the international association of Zionist capitalists since it bribes them with money and senior positions, and, should they defy it, it threatens, shames and even terrorizes them.”⁷

Follow-up slogans to Khamenei’s declaration that Israel will never be safe, with or without a nuclear deal:⁸

A propaganda video titled “Annihilating Israel”:

Propaganda film “Annihilating Israel”

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Arm The West Bank: Israel will be destroyed soon:

Follower of [Revolutionary Guard Commander Qasem] Soleimani: “Indeed, [it takes a missile] no more than seven minutes to reach Tel Aviv. At the Leader’s command, it will be destroyed.”⁹

Khamenei calls for arming the West Bank

Khamenei calls for arming the West Bank

“We have strengthened and we will continue to strengthen the fists of our Palestinian brothers in Gaza and elsewhere. As I have declared, the West Bank must be armed and prepared for defense just like Gaza is.”¹⁰

Twitter photo: How to destroy the Zionist Entity: Imam Khamenei

#Gaza #Palestinian Resistance; #Resistance shall triumph # Popular Resistance # The Annihilation of Zionist Entity [Translation of the banner, in Arabic]:

The only possible remedy before the Zionist Entity is destroyed is armed resistance. Those caring for the fate of the Palestinian people must arm the West Bank like Gaza is armed.¹¹

Twitter picture of the Zionist Entity disintegrating

Khamenei’s Twitter account [a post in Arabic]
Imam Khamenei #Zionist Entity The Zionist occupying entity is disintegrating day by day.

Foreign Minister Zarif, nuclear negotiator, “Annihilate Israel” Iran Foreign Minister Zarif tells NBC’s Ann Curry “Israel should be annihilated”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in charge of the nuclear talks, responds in an interview to Khamenei’s Twitter message calling to annihilate Israel:

Ann Curry: So how does Iran want to annihilate the regime of Israel, since you are making the difference?
Javad Zarif: We do not want to annihilate. We do not want to…
Ann Curry: Well, the Supreme Leader–
Javad Zarif: …annihilate anybody.
Ann Curry: tweeted that…
Javad Zarif: We have…the…well, what he says…
Ann Curry: …it should be annihilated.
Ann Curry: .it should be annihilated.
Javad Zarif: It– it should be annihilated. That this regime is a threat, is a threat. A regime that engages in the killing of innocent children, a regime that engages in acts of aggression. Iran has not invaded any other country. We have not threatened to use force. Exactly the opposite of Israel. Israel threatens to use force against Iran almost on a daily basis. And it has a record. Of course if they did use force against Iran, we would defend ourselves, as we have done with great sacrifice in the past. But we are not invading, we are not threatening anybody. We have not threatened anybody for 250 years. We have a record to prove what we say. It [Israel] does not. It has a record full of infanticide, killing innocent people, aggression against its neighbors, and occupation. That does not give them the authority to talk about others the way they do.¹²

Revolutionary Guard Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari declares that the struggle will go on until the Zionist Regime is annihilated

Revolutionary Guard Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari: “Erase the Zionist regime”

Revolutionary Guard Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari declared at the funeral ceremony of martyred commander Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, “We shall proceed with the jihad, resistance and martyrdom until Jerusalem is liberated and the Zionist regime, that stigma among Islamic peoples, is erased.”

“The Commander said the way of jihad is full of risks, and to achieve the objectives of the Islamic Revolution, we must wholeheartedly follow the path of jihad, making every possible effort.”

Referring to the martyrs whose example we must follow, he stated: “The lesson we should learn from them is we must prepare ourselves to follow the path of jihad for the sake of the Islamic Revolution.”

He also said: “We thank God since by the blood of the martyrs, Iran is more secure within its borders, and all its borders are peaceful. Likewise, outside Iran’s borders, the Islamic Revolution is making progress toward achieving the objectives of Imam Khomeini and the martyrs.”¹³

On Friday, July 25, 2015, Facebook pages and websites associated with the Revolutionary Guards reported the statement of commander of the force Mohammad Ali Jafari that Israel will be wiped out in 24 hours once the order for jihad is given by Iranian Leader Imam Ali Khamenei.

Among the platforms publishing Jafari’s statement was a Facebook page associated with the Revolutionary Guards and Soft Warfare [psychological warfare] officers’ sites, and the Sangriha social network [a network for “those interested in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War”].

According to these sites, the Revolutionary Guards Commander said, “Once the Supreme Leader orders all forces to start jihad, we can reduce Israel to dust within 24 hours. Our missiles have been eager to be launched for years.”¹⁴

Revolutionary Guard Commander Mohammed Ali Jafari with Supreme Leader Khamenei

Commenting on the 2014 Israel-Hamas conflict, former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati refers to Israel as a “tumor.”

Velayati is currently the Iranian Supreme Leader’s advisor on international affairs. Formerly, he served as the head of Regime’s Expediency Discernment Council, the research arm of the Council’s Center for Strategic Research, and as Secretary General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening. He served as Iranian Foreign Minister from 1981 to 1997 under Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Presidents Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani & was a candidate in the 2013 presidential election).

Ali Akbar Velayati, Supreme Leader’s international affairs advisor, Israel is a “tumor”

He said; “It is deplorable that in this vicious and asymmetric war, the great powers and international organizations, instead of criticizing the aggression of this excessive and war-mongering regime, stand for the evildoer, blaming the oppressed and defenseless people of Gaza as being the main reason for the war.”

“Standing up to this repressive policy, we ask all Muslims, Islamic governments, and all pro-freedom movements and organizations, especially the Islamic Conference Organization: Condemn these evil actions against the oppressed people, and as before, stand united for the resistance and the cause of Palestine through unity, solidarity and activity on the ground. Permanently humiliate and disintegrate this tumor.”¹⁵

Quds News Agency reports: Ali Akbar Velayati, Head of the Strategic Research Center under the Regime’s Expediency Discernment Council, in an interview with the press, responded to the brutal statements of Moshe Ya’alon, War Minister of the Zionist regime, who justified the Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima, saying that his words are just another example of the desperate efforts of criminals, throughout history, to justify their barbarous acts. He also said that if the Zionist regime’s officials aim at threatening other people with their nuclear bomb, let them know that with one wrong move on their part, the Israeli occupation regime will be wiped out even before they can use their nuclear weapon.”¹⁶

February 11, 2015:

Commander of Iran’s Basij Force (the IRGC’S volunteer arm) Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, declares that the U.S. and Israel, like all insolent powers, are doomed to destruction, once Iranian people stand united.”

Gen. Mohammed Reza Naqdi, commander of Iran’s Basij Force: “The U.S. and Israel are doomed to destruction”

On the occasion of Islamic Revolution Day, he declared: “The people of Iran cried “Death to Bakhtiar” (the last pre-revolution Iranian Prime Minister, murdered in 1991 by Iranian secret agents), and he is in history’s dustbin; they cried “Death to Saddam,” and we all saw how Saddam ended up. They cried “Death to the USSR,” and now it is gone.”

The will of the Iranian people brought down the 2,500-year-long monarchy. So now Iranian people, through solidarity, cry “Death to America and Israel.”

The U.S. and Israel, like all insolent powers, are doomed to destruction, once the Iranian people stand united.

Naqdi declared: “If the Iranian people wished to surrender, they would have done so when Israel could stand up to all Middle Eastern states, not now, when it is as weak as a mouse, at the hands of the resistance fighters of Palestine and Lebanon.”¹⁷

August 25, 2014:

Naqdi promises Netanyahu: the Resistance tunnels will reach Tel Aviv

We tell Netanyahu that 35 years after the U.S. President gave him guarantees, America will be the most defeated country. We promise that the West Bank will be armed, and the resistance tunnels shall reach Tel Aviv. Mark my words. Moreover, I promise that someday, news channels will report about Zionist boats sinking in an attempt to reach Cyprus and nearby islands.”

He also remarked: “America cannot even guarantee its own survival, and is the world’s most humiliated country.” The Basij commander also said: “We expect that at the next meeting of the UN Assembly, the U.S. President will be smacked so hard that the whole world will hear it.”¹⁸

August 26 2014:

Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Hussein Salami: “Last days of Zionist regime officials’ lives”

Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Hussein Salami, said: “Our response to the Zionist provocations will not be a diplomatic one.”

Referring to Israeli aggression against Iran [the alleged attempts of Israeli Intelligence to enter the Natanz Nuclear Facility], he said: “Our response will not be a diplomatic one. It will be in the field, and we certainly will not say it in words, but in actions, so the enemy can see, realize and feel.”

“We see the helplessness of the Zionist regime’s officials, who realize that these are the very last years or months of their lives.”

“The Basij idea burns in Gaza, sweeps Lebanon, and defeats the great powers in Syria. Similarly, all areas controlled by the Zionist regime are under cross-fire since the recent event [the 2014 Israeli-Hamas conflict] only the Zionist regime’s land is under their control. Everything indicates this regime cannot survive. The chances of it being wiped out are better than ever before during its 66-year-long false existence, and this will happen very soon.”

“Once we arm the West Bank, the Zionist regime will be wiped out automatically.”

“We will send them every weapon system and any support the enemy may think of, and we will do it openly.”

“We are defending the Palestinian uprising, the Muslims of Lebanon, the Syrian people and regime, the integrity of Iraq, and the independence, willpower, freedom and identity of our Revolution.

The Zionist regime consists of rejects from all over the world, and they run away from their corner of the world whenever they face heavy fire.”¹⁹

Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Hussein Salami

July 25, 2014

Hussein Salami in an address before the Friday sermon: “No single point in the Zionist regime’s land is safe; the people of Palestine shall hold their peace no longer.”

The deputy commander said that nowadays, not a single spot in the territories controlled by the Zionists is safe any longer; the Palestinian resistance has missiles with further range than the Zionists expect.

When Imam Khomeini declared that Israel must be obliterated, he sincerely delivered a message to the word, and it brightened the minds of Muslims, and its meaning was revealed in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.

“The Zionist regime has erected hundreds of kilometers of long high concrete walls around the areas it controls, since the entry of a single Palestinian or Lebanese youth can be a nightmarish and destructive threat to their national security.”

“The Zionist regime is gradually preparing its own obliteration. The Islamic Revival movement is armed, and was capable during the 33-day war [the 2006 Israel-Hizbullah conflict], of dealing the greatest defeat ever to the legendary Israeli Army. The Zionist is no longer confident of its Merkava tanks, helicopters and aircraft. During the 22-day (the 2008 Gaza War) and the 8-day long (2012 Gaza War) asymmetric conflicts, the Islamic Jihad scored a most memorable victory for the Palestinian uprising.”

He also said: “The time of the Zionist regime’s undoing has come: The Islamic Revival movement is armed and [they have] stockpiled missiles. We see how the weapons of the resistance, in one corner of the Islamic world, is capable of facing the barbarous attacks of the Zionist regime on the oppressed and defenseless people of Palestine, and becoming politically active in a new arena.”

Salami declared that nowadays, the Zionists are no longer safe in any single spot in the occupied lands. He also said that the 22-Day War and the 8-Day War forged a heroic resistance, and currently, the Palestinian resistance has missiles with longer range than the Zionists expect.

He also said: “The balance of power has turned in favor of the Islamic World, and we warn the Zionists: you are a bunch of rootless people, a motley crew with no common history, or any other elements to make you a people.”

He stressed: “What else other than these attacks could have empowered the resistance?! After any war Israel initiated, the Muslims grew stronger: when it occupied Lebanon, Hizbullah was born, and the Israeli nightmare that Hizbullah will shoot the deadly bullet at the Zionist regime.”

Addressing Zionists, Salami said: “You are a rootless tree, planted by the British in Islamic territory. We will chase you from house to house, avenging every single drop of our martyrs’ blood in Palestine. This is the beginning of Islamic peoples’ awakening for the sake of crushing you.”

Salami stressed that “Palestine shall hold its peace no longer. We are positive this will happen, just like the Muslim people of Iran and all other Muslim peoples have been acting under the inspiration of Imam Khomeini’s orders.”

Salami declared: “We are expecting even greater dawns, and we are confident the Quranic promises will come true, making the Islamic world the graveyard of American policy and the Zionist regime, as well as that of their regional allies, while the banner of Islam keeps flying.”²⁰

September 1, 2014

Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan “Will not rest until we see no longer the sinful Zionist regime”

Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said the Zionist will win wars no longer.

He said: “The brave struggle of the Palestinian warriors against the Zionist invaders, and the courageous resistance of the people of Gaza to the most massive air raids and missile and artillery firing by the Zionist child-killers, forced the Zionist to retreat. The will power of the people of Gaza has repeatedly taught the historic lesson that confidence in Allah, resistance and selflessness overpower invaders equipped with the best of weapons and humiliated the enemy.

He also said: “Any new regional provocation by the Zionists will irreversibly shorten its criminal, dirty and deceitful existence, while enhancing the resolution and capability of the resistance to respond to the evils of the Zionist regime.”

He referred to the Zionist regime, ISIS, turncoats (Iranian opposition groups) and other brutal, extremist groups, who are fighting against humanity and all monotheistic religions, promising them an end worse than that of Saddam Hussein. In his words: “Thanks to the alertness and resistance of the regional peoples, their final disintegration is drawing near.”

The Defense Minister concluded his speech by commemorating and glorifying the heroic martyrs of Gaza, saying: “The blood of these martyrs will bury the Zionist regime, washing Palestine and Jerusalem of their filthy existence.”²¹

February 26, 2015

Hojatoleslam Ali Shirazi, Khamenei’s representative in Iran’s Al-Quds Force, said in a Sanctuary’s Defenders’ commemoration ceremony: Let the Zionists know that we will avenge Martyr Allahdadi [the Iranian general killed in an alleged Israeli air strike in Syria].”

“Currently, in every country we look at, we see the number of martyrdom-seekers grow day by day: for instance, the number of Shiites in Nigeria has increased from 7 million to 20 million, and the last Jerusalem Day procession in Nigeria was attended by more than 6 million people, of whom 3 were killed and one injured.”

“Recently in Syria and Lebanon, the Zionist enemy attacked six Hizbullah commanders who accompanied Allahdadi. One of those was the son of Imad Mughniyah, the fourth martyr of the family.”

“The world planned to finish off the people of Iran and humiliate all of Islam and Islamic peoples, but what happened? Who can achieve this? Today, the blood of your martyrs is transforming the world, invigorating the martyrdom-seekers in Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Yemen.”

“Today, the world is witnessing the list for martyrdom, for standing for one’s dignity, for dying for Islam and the Quran. The enemies wanted to finish off the Islamic Republic, but now they see that the power of the Islamic Republic sets an example for all Islamic countries.”

“The Islamic Community is familiar with the wretchedness and enmity of the Zionists and will not let them have their way. It will not rest until it avenges the blood of its martyrs killed by the Zionist regime [….] We have already hit two Israeli warships, destroyed nine Israeli combat vehicles, and killed 17 servicemen, but do not even imagine that this is the end of our revenge. It is just the beginning. And we shall not rest until we see no longer the sinful Zionist regime.”

“We shall not rest until the banner of Islam flies over the White House. This is the wish of the Islamic Community, and thanks to this resolution and divine protection we should forcefully stand up to the world of insolents.”²²

General Yahya Rahim Safavi, advisor to Khamenei: “We’ll target the Zionist regime” everywhere

General Yahya Rahim Safavi said: [on the occasion of the Jerusalem Day Procession] “We should be targeting the Zionist regime in its territory as well as the entire region.” Khamenei’s chief advisor and assistant, and former Revolutionary Guards Commander, stated: “We must weaken the Zionist regime’s security in its territory, the region and worldwide, undermining it morally, economically, and politically.”

Referring to the strategic misjudgment of the leaders of the regime that occupies Jerusalem, he said: “The political and military reality of the asymmetric war between an armed criminal regime and the defense of the people of Palestine, on the 18^th day of fighting [in the 2014 Gaza War], demonstrates that the fury and loathing of 1.6 billion Muslims and the public opinion of all of the international community, even in Europe and America, has turned against this illegitimate, artificial Zionist regime, which breeds ill for its leaders.”

Commenting on the situation of the liberation of Jerusalem and occupied Palestinian territories, Safavi said: “Reinforcing the jihadi groups, especially in the West Bank, the population of which is twice that of Gaza, particularly arming these groups, demonstrating solidarity and unity of all Islamic states and peoples, to support the people of Palestine politically, economically and media-wise, are effective measures to the end of liberating Palestine, in which the entire Islamic world should be engaged”.

“We must undermine the security of the Zionist regime in its territory, the region and worldwide, weakening it morally, economically, and politically, making the Americans pay dearly for protecting it.”

“Isolating the Zionist economy from the regional and world economy, boycotting Israeli products and any commercial transactions with this fictitious regime can effectively harm it.”

Referring to the necessity of “soft warfare” against the threats of this regime in the region, he said: “It seems that for the sake of liberating Jerusalem, we should target the virtual interests of the Zionists with cyber warfare and Soft Warfare in all fields, against the occupants of Palestine, in order to force them to emigrate out of Palestinian territory.”

The Supreme Leader’s Chief Advisor concluded by saying: “The Zionist tumor in the region is the real enemy of the Islamic community and the way to eliminate it is the solidarity of Islamic peoples, and reinforcing jihad and Islamic resistance all the way to the ultimate victory.”²³

Hatred for Israel permeates the culture

A senior member of the Teheran University faculty commented on a book predicting the destruction of Israel.

Dr. Rasul Jafarian, a member of the scientific committee at the Faculty of History at Tehran University, in a new posting in his Weblog named “The Experts,” commented on a book in Persian calculating the year of Israel’s destruction:

Iranian book predicts Israel’s will be destroyed in 2022

This book, published a few months ago, predicts that Israel will be destroyed in the year 2022, relying on occult sciences, Quran interpretation and mathematical calculations. It was displayed in a Tehran bookstore and many prominent people commented on it.

Well, many Muslims wish to see Israel disappear, just like many freedom-lovers of the world. This book is a curious combination of solid science, but mostly predictions, based on astrology, numerology, and talismans. But I believe that such interpretations of the Quran must be examined more closely before being published.²⁴

January 21, 2015

[Mohsen Rafighdoost was one of the founders of the Revolutionary Guards and the Minister of the Revolutionary Guards during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, as well as chairman of the Foundation of the Oppressed, a powerful financial body in the Islamic Republic]

Mohsen Rafighdoost, former Minister of the Revolutionary Guards, declared in a press conference on the occasion of a Hizbullah martyrs’ commemoration: “The countdown to the annihilation of Israel has begun. The Zionist regime that frightened all the Arab states is no more. Now, we wish to be in the front line of the fight for liberating Jerusalem.”

“I expect the annihilation of Israel to be soon enough, and America can do no harm in the region either. Definitely, after the 33-Day War, the Zionists have proved to be helpless against Gaza and the resistance.”

The former Minister referred to a key point made by Imam Khomeini about the necessity of revolutionizing and globalizing Islam: “We are in the third phase of the Revolution, fighting for freedom in the heart of America, so the first regime to be destroyed is Israel.”²⁵

May 22, 2015

Ahmad Alamolhoda, Friday prayer leader at the Mashhad Great Mosque, said: “The beginning of a proxy-war against Iran is as good as the end of Israel.”

In a political speech as part of the Friday Sermon, the prayer leader of the Mashhad Great Mosque said: “If America starts a proxy war on Iran, our patriotic soldiers will reduce Israel to dust with missiles.”

Referring to the Holy Defense [the 1980-1988 War with Iraq], he also said: “America has already waged a proxy-war on us, but our people survived it for eight years, without any means.”

“Should we accept the demands of the insolents now, when our missiles are as advanced as those of other countries, and our boys have managed to reverse-engineer an American UAV [probably the shot-down RQ-170] and mass-produce it?”

“The party with whom we had the last round of talks is not the U.S. Government, but the U.S. Congress, where there are over 200 Zionist senators who want to bring our country to its knees.”

“Their purpose in this negotiation is to make us give up everything, all our state secrets, in return for $30 billion of our frozen assets. But should we give up everything we have for that sum?”

“If this deal is concluded, and then America starts a proxy-war on us, the first action of our patriotic soldiers will be to wipe out, with their missiles, that illegitimate child of America, namely Israel.”²⁶

May 18, 2015

Rahimian: The essential role of the Iranian people in the annihilation of Israel.

Mohammad-Hassan Rahimian, the Supreme Leader’s representative at the Martyrs Foundation and Veterans Affairs and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for the Defense of the Palestinian people.

Speaking on the occasion of the 67^th anniversary of the Palestinian Disaster at the Science and Industry University, to an Iranian such as a member of Islamic Revolution Foundation, and Palestinians, including the Palestinian Ambassador and a representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and youths from Gaza, he said:

“’The ground for the Palestinian Disaster was prepared decades before, and that day is becoming the concern of the entire Islamic World.’

He declared that Imam Khomeini was the first Shiite and Islamic religious scholar who issued a religious ruling concerning the Zionist regime, which has been serving as Islamic legitimacy for the people of Palestine.”

As a member of the Society for Defending the People of Palestine, he said: “We believe that humankind shall see the annihilation of the tumor called Israel, and the vanguard people of Iran should play a major role in it.”²⁷

Holocaust International Cartoon Contest – 2015²⁸

Comparing Israel to the Nazis

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