Iran Scorns Netanyahu, Says it Saved Jews in the Past

March 14, 2017

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of spreading ‘bigoted lies’ and ‘fake history,’ in a comment following the prime minister’s statements during Sunday’s Purim festivities.

The scathing remarks came in response to Netanyahu’s comments during Sunday’s reading of the Esther Megillah scroll in celebration of the Purim holiday in which the prime minister said that like in the story of Purim, “Persia is still trying to destroy us today,” referring to Iran.

Netanyahu asked several children during Sunday’s Megillah reading if they know why they celebrate Purim. When they responded that it was because “the Persians wanted to kill us all, but failed,” the prime minister said: “and today they try again and will also fail.”

Netanyahu made similar utterances in his meeting with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin last week: “Today there is an attempt by Persia’s heir, Iran, to destroy the state of the Jews. They say this as clearly as possible and inscribe it on their ballistic missiles.”

“Israel is a state today. We have an army and we are capable of defending ourselves,” Netanyahu said in Moscow, adding, “But the threat of radical Shi’ite Islam threatens us no less than it does the region and the peace of the world, and I know that we are partners in the desire to prevent any kind of victory by radical Islam of any sort.”

Posted on March 14, 2017

Source: (Excerpt of an article originally published in Ynetnews on 13 March 2017. Time related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See the original article at this link.) 

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