Antisemitism is growing really fast in Portugal and Spain; another consequence of the radical, extremist political forces' project to take over every and single one of the institutions of those countries.
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These forces do not operate in an isolated manner or are motivated purely for domestic political purposes: on the contrary, these radical forces count on the massive support of barbaric totalitarian regimes, either financially or logistically.
For a long time, the ayatollah regime has picked the Iberian Peninsula – and, more broadly, the western Mediterranean – as one of their strategic geopolitical region to export the Islamic Revolution. In order to successfully complete its goals, the Iranian regime has had an ally in the Portuguese government led by radical leftist António Costa: his main ideologues do not hide their anti-semitism and staunch hate against Israel. The sentiment against the Jewish Community of Oporto is just (sad) evidence of the blatant anti-semitism growing in António Costa's Portugal.
Iran uses many effective cover-ups to perform their mission in Portugal – one of its favorites is to infiltrate the academic and cultural fields. It is no secret how Iran uses many popular cultural features to promote their hateful and terrorist propaganda: the regime funded a network of cartoonists all around the globe with its center in Tehran.
As a matter of fact, the Iranian capital hosts many organizations which funnel millions of dollars (violating the US sanctions on Iran) to international cartoonists as a quid pro quo for their promotion of anti-semitism and anti-Israel propaganda. Throughout the year, Tehran, Isfahan, and other Iranian major cultural sites welcome the "artists" who register the most outstanding performance on throwing vitriol toward Israel, making them "heroes" of Iran and the "axis of resistance". Let's not forget the despicable Holocaust Denial Cartoon Festival that Iran's ayatollahs organize quite frequently to show the world their true colors of hate, terror, and absolute disregard for human dignity.
Over the last few years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a major target of Iranian propaganda. And the cartoonists' work has reflected that very same reality: depicting the Israeli leader as a "nazi", as "new GESTAPO agent", condemning the Palestinians to the same infamous destiny the Jewish people had to face in the twentieth century, has become a central theme of this Iranian-promoted simulation of "art".
This is politics, pure and simple. Or better yet: this is cultural warfare, destined to reach the hearts and minds of the public at large to gain support for the Iranian (terror) cause. Even the Iranian ayatollahs acknowledge they cannot fool people around the world by themselves – because everyone knows the Tehran regime symbolizes death, horror, and terror. Therefore, the ayatollahs have become more sophisticated – they hire these so-called artists to do their dirty job. Pro-Iranian regime's cartoonists are living proof that there is no decency money can't buy in modern-day European politics.
Two weeks ago, a pro-Portuguese radical socialist government cartoonist attacked again: he drew Netanyahu with a Nazi armband, portraying a Star of David replacing the swastika. The cartoon's dominating color is red: it symbolizes death and evil, falling right within the representation of Israel the Iranian propaganda machine is always pushing for. Every single pro-Iran social media account or bot adopted red as their layout, which is a perfect bait for all kinds of anti-semites and racist people.
With the rising occurrences of graffitis containing anti-semitic messages in Portuguese streets as well as the persecution against the Jewish Community of Oporto with the full backing of Portuguese radical socialist PM António Costa, dark times are emerging once again in Western Europe. They must be stopped. They will be stopped.
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