For several days now, the US has been in an uproar, after a number of Americans held hostage in Iran in 1979 identified newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as one of their captors from 26 years ago.
The Iranians vehemently deny the charge, but a number of photographs that have surfaced from that period seem to back up the allegation.
But here is the really interesting part: in light of recent US policy toward Israel, why all the fuss about the new Iranian president?s kidnapping career?...
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Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.
The Iranians vehemently deny the charge, but a number of photographs that have surfaced from that period seem to back up the allegation.
But here is the really interesting part: in light of recent US policy toward Israel, why all the fuss about the new Iranian president?s kidnapping career?...
Read the continuation of this commentary on
Arutz-7's new blog: Fundamentally Freund.
Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.