Zvi Yehezkeli, the commentator on Arab affairs on News 13, spoke this morning (Friday) with Nissim Mashaal on his program on 103FM against the background of the violent riots that took place on Capitol Hill in Washington. He explained how the incident as a whole and the outgoing US President Donald Trump, in particular, are perceived by Islamic countries, with an emphasis on Iran. He further highlighted the dissonance between Trump of the Middle East, in which he is praised by Sunni countries vis-à-vis Trump inside the US, In it he is perceived as whipping up quarrels and quarrels.
Trump supporters broke into Congress and clashed with police (Photo: Social Networks)
How did Iran react to the sights in the Capitol and the onslaught that took place?
“They were happy for Trump’s Ido. Just look at the Twitter account of Ka’ani, the successor to Qassem Suleimani as commander of the Quds Force. He posted a picture of Trump hanging like the evil Haman on Capitol Hill. What does that mean? The Iranians are happy with Trump’s fall.
He stressed that: “They are happy that now finally there is no chance that Trump will return to the presidency. This move has failed, and he is despised in the US. This joy can be seen mainly on social media, in the accounts of the Revolutionary Guards. Iran is the big beneficiary of this thing. If you only look at the networks, you can understand that this joy occurs mainly in Iran. “
Yehezkeli also added, “In other countries in the Sunni world there have been no official publications, but they greatly appreciate Trump’s power, and the fact that he does not give up. It is precisely there that this right is attributed to him. It can be said that in Iran they hanged him virtually, while in the Sunni world “We lost something here. I will just mention that this week Trump’s fifth peace agreement was signed. You will see some mismatch between what is happening on Capitol Hill and what is happening in the Middle East. Therefore, he will be remembered, not what happened to the Capitol.”
I want to go back to Iran for a moment: do they think Biden will release the sanctions?
“Iran’s rhetoric against the West is based on a bazaar, a trade, a give and take. This is what the nuclear deal in 2015 was based on. For them, they are back to square one, and they have decided to enrich their uranium and centrifuges by 20 percent. The price and we know that negotiations will begin. ”
So they started their traditional card game?
“Certainly. The thousand-year-old bazaar is back, and look at how they keep raising the bar. After all, the pictures of Trump hanging are also part of it. “Please contact Interpol to arrest Trump for Suleimani’s assassination, now that he is a free man. This affects Iran’s starting point, and Iran can be seen differently.”