Iranian General: “We Plan to Break U.S., Israel, Cleanse World of Their Filth”

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Take Action | Support AIPAC | E-news Sign Up Dear Carl, Below is your weekly edition of E-News recapping key developments impacting the U.S.-Israel relationship.    Iranian General: “We Plan to Break U.S., Israel, Cleanse World of Their Filth” The deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says Tehran has plans “to break America, Israel, and their partners and allies” in worldwide attacks. In a speech aired February 19 on Iran’s IRINN TV, Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami said Iran was preparing to “fight them on the global level, not just in one spot. Read more.   The Iranian Revolution, 40 Years On: Oppression at Home, Aggression Abroad Forty years ago this February, the secular, modernizing, pro-Western Iranian monarchy under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was toppled by the radical, totalitarian, anti-Western Islamic Republic of Iran under Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. By the end of 1979, the Islamic Republic had violently suppressed internal dissent, deprived the Iranian people—particularly women—of basic human rights, taken American diplomats hostage, and laid the foundations for a regime that would further intensify internal repression and commit worldwide acts of aggression designed to destroy Israel, make Iran a regional hegemon and challenge America’s global interests. Read more.   Israel Strikes Hamas Targets in Gaza After Airborne Device Explodes The Israeli air force struck several targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night after an airborne incendiary device damaged a home in the Eshkol region of southern Israel. The military said attack helicopters and fighter jets struck a military compound used by Hamas in the central Gaza Strip. Read more. Help work with our new Congress to ensure the U.S.-Israel relationship remains strong. Join AIPAC Today Israeli Director Guy Nattiv Wins Oscar for Short Film Israeli director Guy Nattiv won an Academy Award for best live-action short for his film Skin at the Oscars on Sunday evening, February 24. “Oh my God. I moved here five years ago from Israel… Laila tov [good night] Israel, hi!” he said upon receiving the award. “My grandparents are Holocaust survivors, and, you know, the bigotry that they experienced in the Holocaust, we see that everywhere today, in America, in Europe. And this film is about education, it’s about teaching your kids a better way,” he added. Read more.   . www.aipac.org