Ayatollah Takes to Twitter, Whiny Anti-Semitic Paranoia Ensues
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Finally, a reason to believe that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's energetic intervention in the Israeli-Arab dispute might work: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran (I can never get over the fact that this is his actual title) is a bit worried -- so worried that he, or one of his fundamentalist factotums, has taken to Twitter rather epically to denounce any Muslim who dares talk to the perfidious Zionist entity.
The occasion for the outburst is Quds Day, an Iranian-devised holiday meant to mourn the existence of Israel ("al-Quds" is Arabic for "the Holy," a reference to Jerusalem). The content of the messages suggests that Khamenei is nervous that peace talks could bring about greater Muslim recognition of Israel.
The extended rant (at @khamenei_ir, which is generally believed to be the Twitter account emanating from the supreme leader's office) began yesterday afternoon Tehran time, with a somewhat whiny observation: "After nations have risen up with strong demands agnst Zionist regime; based on what logic do some Muslim govts maintain ties with Israel?"
That was followed by this missive: "Proof 4 Muslim govts honesty 4 supporting Palestine is to cut ties w/Zionist. Govts having ties w/Zionists can't claim support for Palestine."
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"A supreme leader can always dream, can't he?"
