Decoding Ahmadinejad's rhetoric on Israel
Författare
Redaktör
- Eric Hooglund
Summary, in English
The purpose of this chapter is to analyze three persistent charges that Israeli and Western officials persistently leveled against Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad since 2006: 1) that he has threaded to 'wipe Israel off the map the map'; 2) that he is a Holocaust denier; and 3) that he is developing nuclear weapons, presumedly to use against Israel. Although Iran repeatedly has denied all 3 charges, they have assumed the status of interrogated 'facts' in the international media. Is there actual substance to these charges or are they being reiterated as part of a campaign of moral justification for a military attach on Iran's nuclear development program?
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
198-214
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Navigating contemporary Iran
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Other Social Sciences
Nyckelord
- Zionism
- World without Zionism conference
- United States
- UN Security Council
- sanctions
- Rahim-Mashai
- Palestinians
- nuclear weapons
- nuclear energy program
- NPT treaty
- Mojahedin-e khalq
- Khamenehi
- 'Karine A' affair
- Jews
- Israel
- Iran
- IAEA
- holocaust
- Arafat
- anti-Semitism
- Ahmadinejad
Status
Inpress
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-0-415-67866-7