by David Virtue on substackBehind the theology and the diplomacy stands the hard geopolitical fact: Iran means what it says. Coupled with a visceral hatred of the Jew, it keeps the nations perpetually on edge. But a newer and more insidious trend is emerging, and it is this: the delegitimization of Israel as a nation-state. “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” are not the overheated slogans of a passing mob. It cuts to the core of Israeli identity itself, to the very right of the Jew to defend his life.