Israeli official: Iran’s Khamenei spitting on world powers and the West thinks it’s rain
11/21/2013 19:10
Israeli officials expressed shock Thursday that world powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program, and the US in particular, remained silent in regard to scathing comments against Israel made by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday.
Khamenei took swipes at Israel and France during a speech to tens of thousands of volunteer Basij militiamen in Tehran, broadcast live on Iran’s Press TV. “Zionist officials cannot be called humans, they are like animals, some of them,” said Khamenei. “The Israeli regime is doomed to failure and annihilation,” he said. The Iranian leader referred to the “Zionist regime” as the “rabid dog of the region.”
Jerusalem awaited condemnation of the comments from senior officials of the states taking part in nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva, but such a reaction was not forthcoming. The P5+1 group of world powers negotiating with Iran consists of the US, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany.
“We knew the Americans were eager, even more so than the Iranians themselves, to reach an intermediate deal in Geneva, but we did not estimate to how great an extent,” a senior official in Jerusalem told The Jerusalem Post‘s Hebrew-language sister publication Sof Hashavua Magazine.
The official added that “the West is choosing not to direct its gaze at Khamenei, who is the true face of Iran and its de facto ruler, and to accept the “pretty face” of Iran’s new diplomacy instead. The comments by the supreme leader, who cursed America and France at the height of the talks, constitute spitting in the face of the enlightened world, not just Israel, but the world remains silent, thinking it is rain, and continues to talk with this leader’s emissaries, who are masters of deception. They then blame us for making comparisons to the 1930s.”
An official in the US delegation to the Geneva talks skirted questions Thursday from journalists on the issue, saying, “Naturally, there are still expressions of the deep lack of trust between us and the Iranians – which stem from more than three decades of severed relations. We are trying to reach an agreement whose goal is to peacefully prevent the Iranian regime from obtaining nuclear weapons, while dealing with this atmosphere, and it is not easy.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who flew to Russia on Wednesday to appeal for tougher terms, said Khamenei’s comments showed Iran had not changed since so-called moderate Hassan Rouhani was elected as president in June.
“He called Jews ‘rabid dogs’ and said that they were not human. The public responded to him with calls of ‘Death to America! Death to Israel!’ Doesn’t this sound familiar to you? This is the real Iran! We are not confused. They must not have nuclear weapons. And I promise you that they will not have nuclear weapons,” the premier said.
Jpost.com staff and Reuters contributed to this report.
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WarSclerotic 
November 21, 2013 at 8:23 PM
The American media is part of the problem here.
They are treating Iran as a “back page” story the last few days.
The gullible public is being led to believe a deal is close but if not there’s no urgency. All the news is now on Obamacare (another thing they covered up for years until the president was shown to be a liar).
It’s really shocking to me – the public will be in for a very rude awakening very soon……
November 21, 2013 at 8:57 PM
I am often asked why stupidity and not design? Because how else can one explain the Obama administration rushing into a deal with Iran, the outcome of which would be a nuclear war? There is no other explanation but stupidity. Ignorance falls in this category too because only the stupid would fail to educate themselves on the motives that drive their enemies.
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.”
http://www.madisdead.blogspot.co.il/2013/11/against-stupidity-gods-themselves.html
November 21, 2013 at 9:02 PM
“Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.”
Mark Twain could have said it. Mladen, unclear from your article whether it’s yours or Asimov’s.
In either case, thanks for sharing that….
November 21, 2013 at 9:02 PM
“Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.”
Mark Twain could have said it. Mladen, unclear from your article whether it’s yours or Asimov’s.
In either case, thanks for sharing that….
November 21, 2013 at 9:06 PM
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain
November 21, 2013 at 10:37 PM
See here’s the thing – if Obama was merely “naive” or “stupid” he’d be making mistakes on all sides.
Instead Obama’s “mistakes” always favor the enemy without fail.
Just like Jimmy Carter – and it’s worth reminding people that if not for him the tyrannical mullahs wouldn’t be ruling Iran to begin with!
November 21, 2013 at 10:06 PM
on behalf of the average American we want to apologize for our government for not condemning irans derogatory statements on Thursday aganist Israel . I am afraid that we have no one in our government who has any backbone .or courage . obolo,kerry, and astron have no character . iran is laughing so loud you can hear it all the way over here
November 21, 2013 at 11:19 PM
In defense of Obama (you will not here may say this often), I truly believe he does not want nuclear war. Far from it as a matter of fact. He truly believes negotiating with Iran is the best way to avoid nuclear war and/or another long and protracted war for the American people to swallow. Hell, now Afghanistan is demanding we stay there until 2024! What a crock! I think Obama’s actions are well intended, but blinded by his naivete and growing need for a political victory. Yes, the American people deserve more, but all is not lost for our great country and the the great country of Israel. When it gets down to it, rational thinking will prevail. From what direction it will come is anyone’s guess, but come it shall. Keep the faith.
November 22, 2013 at 3:05 AM
Dream on, in good faith
November 22, 2013 at 4:00 PM
A guy can have a little hope I always say…..and when I dream such things it’s usually with my eyes wide open if you get my drift.
November 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM
i get it, but i cannot have that hope , it is just impossible for me, something to do whit a pragmatic realism,. and some times a nihilism.