Iranian Regime Blames Coronavirus on ‘the Zionists’ — Plus Much More News

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Seth J. Frantzman is a prolific and highly acclaimed journalist, writer, and commentator on pilitics and current events. He holds a PhD from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and currently is the op-ed editor for The Jerusalem Post. Earlier this month, Frantzman penned a report on the Iranian regime’s efforts to scapegoat Israel and the Jews for the coronavirus epidemic and more. That article and additional information about Frantzman are linked below.

Quote: “Press TV’s use of the ‘Zionists’ label while also publishing articles linked to the ‘America’s Jews drive America’s wars’ is part of its campaign to link Israel to the spread of the virus, to weave a conspiracy theory that fits with the regime’s belief that it is a victim of ‘biological warfare.'” — Seth J. Frantzman writing in The Jerusalem Post

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“[T]he foundations for extremism usually are held in check by various restraints. Societies are not liberal, moderate, progressive, and free because almost all their citizens – let alone their politicians — are liberal, moderate, progressive or committed to the freedoms of others.

“But societies consistently avoid extremism when the infrastructures of freedom are strong: when key institutions and norms encourage a more decent, rights-respective, lawful politics; when powerful social movements and independent media hold leaders to account, expose rather than reinforce political fantasies, and champion the rights of the vulnerable; and when information is produced and scrutinized by scholars, civil servants, and non-governmental organizations devoid of either government repression or vested interests.

“Yet no infrastructure is rigidly immovable, and once key components are eroded and weakened, once sections of the political and cultural elite attempt to mobilize the foundations of extremism, the system of restraints can swiftly collapse.

“While genocide on the scale of the Holocaust is historically exceptional, its central lesson is that the broader danger of extreme atrocities is not. In the words of the great historian Ian Kershaw, the Holocaust ‘lit a warning beacon that still burns brightly: it showed how a modern, advanced, cultured society can so rapidly sink into barbarity… It showed what we are capable of.’ Only by rejecting false narratives of conflict and polarization, and maintaining systems of rights and freedoms for all, can we hope to prevent that capability from once more becoming a reality.”

— Jonathan Leader Maynard in his incisive article “Could It Happen Here?: The Holocaust and Atrocities in the 21st Century” To read the entire article, click here.