World press on anti-Semitism in Iran's foreign policy (July 17, 2012)

The Jerusalem Post published an article devoted to state-supported anti-Semitism in Iran. The author of the article, Israel’s Minister of Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan, believes that anti-Semitism is an important part of Iran's fundamentalist ideology. 

"The extreme fundamentalist ideology of the Revolutionary Guards is the source of Iran’s foreign policy. Their aspiration to build nuclear weapons, the anti-Semitism and the struggle against Israel, along with opposition to the West and support for terrorist organizations, all derive from the religious belief that Islam and the rule of the regime must be imposed on the entire world as a means of bringing about the appearance of the Shi’ite redeemer, whom they refer to as the “Zahure Mahdi,” the author says.

According to Erdan, "a combination of nuclear weapons in the hands of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards together with their fundamentalist ideology would constitute a grave threat the likes of which the world has never known until now."

"When Iranian officials openly express their hatred for the Jews, and utilize every podium to declare their intention to wipe Israel off the map and erase Western culture, it should be obvious that under no circumstances should they be allowed to obtain the nuclear know-how needed to implement such designs."

Israel should react to such remarks properly, the author concludes.