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Jerry Nadler: “Is the gentleman aware that it is standard usage in the Government of Iran and in many of the Arab regimes that since…”

On the recordJune 18, 2007
Is the gentleman aware that it is standard usage in the Government of Iran and in many of the Arab regimes that since they will not say the word ``Israel,'' they refer to Israel as the Zionist entity or the Zionist regime so that when they say the ``Zionist regime,'' they are not necessarily calling for regime change? When they say the ``Zionist regime'' or the ``Zionist entity'' must be abolished, they are usually referring to the country of Israel?
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing terminology used by Iran and Arab regimes regarding Israel.

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