Ahmadinejhad: Zionists control the World and the Zionist Regime Must be Annihilated

Cross Posted at Daily Kos

It seems that this week the world Jewish population and the population of Daily Kos has been subject to the crazed ravings of the anti-Semitic fringe. At least one diarist has been banned and another so far has collected over 27 donuts (and still counting) on their tip jars alone in two diaries.

Not sure what's causing this but.... first we had the Palestinian Government in Gaza call the Holocaust a "Zionist lie" in response to the Palestinian Government in the West Bank's good faith effort to send an adviser to Palestinian President Abbas to visit Auschwitz and to better understand the Holocaust.
NOW, we have Hamas' friend and ally the Iranian Regime as represented by President Ahmadinejhad channeling the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and screeching about Zionist control of the world. For those of you unfamiliar with it:

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion is an antisemitic hoax purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination. It was first published in Russia in 1903, translated into multiple languages, and disseminated internationally in the early part of the 20th century. Henry Ford funded printing of 500,000 copies that were distributed throughout the United States in the 1920s. 

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis publicized the text as if it were a valid document, although it was exposed as fraudulent. After the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, it ordered the text to be studied in German classrooms. The historian Norman Cohn suggested that Hitler used the Protocols as his primary justification for initiating the Holocaust—his "warrant for genocide".[1]
The Protocols purports to document the minutes of a late 19th-century meeting of Jewish leaders discussing their goal of global Jewish hegemony by subverting the morals of Gentiles, and by controlling the press and the world's economies. It is still widely available today and even now sometimes presented as a genuine document, whether on the Internet or in print in numerous languages.

So now, here is the President of Iran as reported by the Islamic Republic News Agency: Ahmadinejad: Qods Day to liberate Palestine, solve entire world problems

Ahmadinejad added, “It has now been some 400 years that a horrendous Zionist clan has been ruling the major world affairs, and behind the scenes of the major power circles, in political, media, monetary, and banking organizations in the world, they have been the decision makers, to an extent that a big power with a huge economy and over 300 million population, the presidential election hopefuls must go kiss the feet of the Zionists to ensure their victory in the elections.” ..... 

....Ahmadinejad said that Israel is the symbol of the globally ruling Zionism in the world, reiterating, “Among the western governments and politicians there are great differences of tastes and the political competitions are tough, but is supporting the Zionist regime, they are all united.”

The president pointed out that in order to evolutionize the status of the world decision making is needed, the forces must get united, and their ultimate objective must be the annihilation of the Zionist regime (vb1 emphasis), emphasizing, “The Zionist regime is both the symbol of the hegemony of the Zionism over the world and the means in the hand of the oppressor powers for expansion of their hegemony in the region and in the world.”

So... President Ahmadinejhad... the "Zionist clan" has been ruling the world for 400 years has it? Hmmmm. Israel, the Zionist State is only 64 years old. Zionism as a political philosophy is only slightly over 140 years old. SO... who has been doing what for 400 years... "Zionists"??? Really?

No. the President of Iran and his supporters and apologists are talking about Jews. Plain and simple. Nothing more nothing less. It is anti-Semitism plain and simple.

It is time that we as progressives stand up to the people that would support this in our movement and in our lives.

I want to quote an opinion column written by a young African American Woman in the Times of Israel. Not a source that I usually quote nor one I like. However, her words here are powerful:

I want to spark a global revolution. Dear reader, as believers in democracy and the rights of mankind, we must unite. We, as Jews and non-Jews, must come together to suppress the evil phenomenon that is anti-Semitism. Businesses and communities and filmmakers and others must come together to stand against this injustice. This must be as popular as NIKE, as hip as Drake, as pervasive as Coca Cola. We must expose the anti-Semitism that is rampant in the Middle East and growing in Europe. We must have lectures, events, outings, Shabbat dinners — and we must educate, cultivate, and change lives. Film is the medium through which this can be accomplished. 

I am not concerned about the long, arduous road that is this battle. We must fight with every fiber of our beings. We will win. We have no other choice. We must end anti-Semitism once and for all.

Join me.

Please join all of us to fight this scourge.