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True Advocacy for Palestinian Rights Means Condemning Iran's Unprovoked Aggression
(Newsweek) Bassem Eid - I am deeply troubled by the reactions of certain anti-Israel groups in the U.S. to the Islamic Republic of Iran's recent attack on Israel. Their exuberant celebrations and justifications for such aggression starkly contradict their professed commitment to peace. Iran asserts that the attack was an act of "revenge" against Israel for its targeted killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi in Damascus. The truth is that Iran launched this round of violence: Zahedi is known for his involvement in orchestrating the Oct. 7 massacre of more than 1,200 Jews in Israel by Hamas, including 30 Americans. The applause for Iran's military actions starkly contrasts with the silence over the potential risks such aggression poses to sacred sites like the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, over which Iranian projectiles flew. Iran supporters celebrated the projectiles endangering Al Aqsa. True advocacy for Palestinian rights and regional peace involves condemning Iran's unprovoked aggressions and the ugly terrorist groups they inflict on the region, such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The writer is a Palestinian peace advocate, political analyst, and human rights pioneer who founded the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group in 1996.