Even now the world doesn't cry out against a state calling for Israel's destruction, and instead greets Iran's leader with open arms and smiles, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Netanyahu said that this is happening even though there is wide agreement in the world that more should have been done to prevent the Holocaust. "Facing a country openly calling for the destruction of the state of the Jews, everyone is clearing their throats and smiling in front of the smiles, Netanyahu said. Netanyahu added that the world's attitude toward Israel is out of all proportion to the issues on the agenda, and is a continuation of thousands of years of anti-Semitism. The prime minister noted Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's speech in the Knesset last week, saying it was one of the most important speeches ever heard in the Israeli parliament. Harper, during his speech, said the singling out Israel "was extreme and out of any reasonable proportion." The questioning of Israel's basic right to exist, Netanyahu said, "undermines the foundations of Western civilization which is supposed to fight for our rights and for the rights of others." "We have to struggle against efforts to deny the legitimacy of the Jewish state and to demand our rights here," he said.
http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/PM-World-says-more-shouldve-been-done-to-prevent-Holocaust-but-allows-Iran-to-call-for-Israels-destruction-339515
Europe Woos Iran as it Shuns Israel
Where the Middle East is concerned, there are two complementary messages coming out of the European Union at the moment. The first proclaims that Israel is a legitimate target for boycotts and divestment for as long as the “occupation” continues—and here, “occupation” principally refers to the West Bank and the eastern half of Jerusalem, feebly eliding the fact that the Palestinian leadership, through its insistence on the so-called “right of return,” regards the entire territory between the Mediterranean and the Jordan as “occupied.” As for the second message, that can be neatly summarized in a potential advertising slogan: Iran is open for business!
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/01/27/europe-woos-iran-as-it-shuns-israel/
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