Iran's Foreign Ministry signaled on Monday that Americans broadly oppose Israel's self-defense operations against Iranian-backed terrorist organizations in the Middle East, most notably Hamas, and that Democrats are too supportive of Israel in the 2024 presidential election. He suggested that he might have lost. .
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghai said President-elect Donald Trump's victory securing a second term in the White House was a sign of opposition to Israel, fueled by violent left-wing protests on U.S. university campuses. “It is a meaningful expression of opposition,” he said.
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“Over the past year, American public opinion, both in universities and in society, has openly expressed opposition to the killings and genocide of Gaza residents,” Baghaei said. claimed He said this in an interview on Thursday, according to Iranian state broadcaster Press TV. Iran calls Israel's self-defense operations against Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, “genocide.”
“Many Americans oppose collusion by their government. [Israel’s] Genocide and weapons dispatch in Palestine and Gaza [to the regime] “It will be used to kill innocent people,” he claims, adding that he and the Iranian regime hope Trump and his administration will “honor their campaign promises” and bring a swift end to the ongoing conflict. He added that he is doing so.
As a representation of the Israeli flag was set on fire during an anti-Israel rally in Felestin (Palestinian) Square, Iranian demonstrators held up a poster of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with the words in Farsi: “Hezbollah is alive.'' “We are doing it,” he said. October 8, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Sale)M)
Israel declared war on Hamas on October 8, 2023. It came a day after genocidal Hamas jihadists invaded the country, killing an estimated 1,200 people and kidnapping more than 200, resulting in widespread reports of infanticide and gangs, followed by murders, rapes and torture. . rape and other atrocities; Iran, one of Hamas' most prominent financial backers, enthusiastically supports Hamas, celebrated the massacre by calling it the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” and joined forces with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which is working to prevent a recurrence of the disaster. IDF).
The administration of outgoing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the November election to Trump, has routinely sought to micromanage the war even as it claims to provide “ironclad” support to Israel. , frustrating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. The Biden administration has proposed several agreements to end the conflict, which is unpleasant for Israel. Both Hamas and the Israeli government rejected Biden's peace proposal.
A group of Iranian demonstrators cover their faces in the style of Palestinian and Lebanese extremists, one of them slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Narallah (right) and expected Nasrallah's successor. He is holding a poster of Hashem Saffieddin, an influential cleric. Israel's airstrike on Beirut during a ceremony in memory of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hashem at Safiddin, Felestin (Palestinian) Square. October 24, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
Despite Biden's deteriorating relationship with the Israeli government, the United States remains Israel's closest ally and Hamas' goal of destroying Israel and committing genocide against its people. This is infuriating the radical leftists who support . Leftists organized violent riots on college campuses across the country in April and May, prominently “occupying” Columbia University buildings and clashing with security guards on campuses across the country. Protests resumed when classes resumed in August. Most recently, this week, an anti-Semitic mob attacked Harvard University's Jewish student center, Harvard Hillel. The mob chanted slogans such as “From the river to the sea/Palestine will be free”, calling for the slaughter of the Israeli people.
The Iranian government is encouraging more such incidents in the United States.
“Look at what's happening in the world,” Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei celebrated in April. “In Western countries, in Britain and France, and even in states across the United States, people are gathering in large numbers to shout slogans against Israel and the United States.”
In a letter to American students in June, Khamenei declared that they were part of the “resistance front” (a term referring to the Iran-backed jihadi terrorist network) and that they were on the “right side” of history. ” he declared.
“You have now formed branches of the Resistance Front and begun an honorable struggle in the face of ruthless pressure from a government that openly supports the usurper and brutal Zionist regime,” Khamenei said. . I wrote.
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Anti-Israel sentiment on the left became a prominent issue during the 2024 election campaign. Opponents of Mr. Biden's claims of an “ironclad” commitment to aiding Israel organized a campaign of “uncommitted” voters in the Democratic primary, when then-incumbent President Biden was the party's nominee. There was little objection to this, considering that he was a former president. By the time the party ousted Biden and replaced him with Harris, who did not vote in the 2024 Democratic primary, “uncommitted” voters had become a vocal segment of the left-wing electorate, and a pro-Palestinian speaker at the Democratic National Convention. He was demanding a position that represented people's voices. The party ignored these calls and excluded pro-Palestinian voices from its events.
President-elect Trump decisively won the 2024 election. The Republican Party saw significant improvements in numbers among Arab American, Muslim American, and Jewish voters, including increased Republican turnout in areas where Biden performed well in 2020. Ta.
But Trump did not campaign on a pro-Hamas platform. As president, Trump has maintained close ties with the Israeli government and made historic efforts to contain the Iranian terrorist threat, most notably in January 2020 by eliminating Iranian terror mastermind Qassem Soleimani. authorized air strikes for In an interview with Breitbart News, Trump accused Harris of being weak on the issue. The issue of Israel's defense.
“She hates Israel. She treats Jews so badly. It's unbelievable – amazing how badly she treats Jews and Israel. '' he told the media. He added that the Democratic Party is now “pro-Hamas.” Schumer has become a Palestinian. They are pro-Hamas. There's no question about that. ”
Prime Minister Netanyahu was one of the first world leaders to congratulate President Trump on his victory. He spoke with the president-elect by phone later that week.
“Their conversation was warm and heartfelt. The prime minister congratulated President-elect Trump on his election victory. The two countries agreed to work together for Israel's security and also discussed the threat from Iran.” The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
