Iran Isn’t An Israel Problem — It’s A Jewish Problem | Forward

2017Getty Image Getty Image Email Facebook Google+ Twitter “Israel doesn’t speak in the name of the Jewish people and doesn’t represent it.” Such was the refrain of Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman as he lashed out at Israeli Ambassador Dorit Shavit a few years ago. They were discussing the 1994 Hezbollah attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina in my native Buenos Aires that left 85 Jews dead. Shavit had been firm in taking the Argentinians to task for colluding with Iran in a cover-up of the mass-murder. Shavit was also insisting that Israel participate in the investigation, enraging Timmerman, who summoned the Israeli diplomat for a dressing-down.