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Decoding Ahmadinejad's rhetoric on Israel

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Author

  • Eric Hooglund

Editor

  • 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?

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

198-214

Publication/Series

Navigating contemporary Iran

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Keywords

  • 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/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-415-67866-7