It’s not just the subject of this article. The blatant Reuters whitewashing of Iranian Jew-hatred is getting so obvious, I may not be able to read Reuters for much longer.
Iran, a main backer of Lebanon’s Shi’ite group Hezbollah, urged the Lebanese people Tuesday to unite to confront Israel, the Islamic Republic’s arch foe.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comments to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman during a visit to Iran that included touring an exhibition by the Defense Ministry, Iranian media reported.
“Iran believes the capability of all Lebanese groups should be at the service of (Lebanon’s) power and unity to confront the danger of the Zionist regime,” Khamenei told Suleiman, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iranian officials often call Israel the Zionist regime.
Iranian officials always call Israel “the Zionist regime.” And for some reason, Reuters does not put “Zionist regime” in quotation marks, yet this is the network that will put “terrorist” in quote marks if someone is describing Islamic terrorists. Or members of Palestinian “militant” factions.
But Reuters isn’t quite done with the whitewashing.
Tehran has often praised Hezbollah, which has formidable guerrilla army, for fighting Israel in a 34-day war in 2006. Israel has accused Iran of supplying weapons to Hezbollah but Iran insists it only provides moral and political support.
“Lebanon as a friendly and brotherly country in the region will always enjoy Iran’s spiritual support,” Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani told Suleiman, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported.
Hezbollah fighters are trained in Iran. Iran supplies arms and weapons to Hezbollah. Iran has sent billions of dollars in aid to the terrorist army of Lebanon in its fight against Israel. But Reuters still uses the old “Iran denies this” routine. Even Wikipedia acknowledges the truth of the matter.