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Such an influence is the most important provider of immunity for Israel and therefore none of the Western governments shows even a modicum of care to the horrific violations of human rights by Israel (or for that matter in Saudi Arabia).<\/span>
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Tehran (Qodsna): Iran witnessed nationwide unrest and protests in several cities. Iran accuses Israel and Western intelligence services of plotting to start civil war in Islamic Republic.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Pointing to the West's hostility towards Iran, especially in the management of this unrest, Ilan Pappé Israeli historian and socialist activist told qodsna that although there are many people in the West who have genuine concerns for human rights issue in Iran and for women's rights in particular, however, these concerns were hijacked by the Western governments, in particular the American administration, in order to expand Western influence in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Such an influence is the most important provider of immunity for Israel and therefore none of the Western governments shows even a modicum of care to the horrific violations of human rights by Israel (or for that matter in Saudi Arabia), he added.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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A few days ago, we received a striking example for the Western hypocrisy.  The Israeli army killed the 16 years old Janan Zakarneh in Jenin, no less a brutal killing than that of Mahsa Amini. No protest whatsoever in Israel or in the West, Ilan Pappé noted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Iran, like Syria before it, was one of the few countries remaining in the Middle East showing genuine solidarity with the Palestinian people. If anyone would like to be involved in a genuine conversation about human rights, including in Iran, that conversation should include in it Israel, otherwise this is a cynical protest that we hear from the west, Israeli historian said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ilan Pappé is Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter<\/a> in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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