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People who like capitalism can claim that all the dirtiest socialists are Jews,

and people who like socialism can claim it all the dirtiest capitalists are Jews.

And of course, in a sense, both the right, the Jews have figured both among prominent capitalists

and among prominent socialists.

So there's a historical puzzle here.

Why is it that when Jews have often historically been suspected of having these socialist sympathies,

now suddenly we're starting to associate socialism with anti-Semitism or perhaps anti-Zionism in particular.

It's 8.30 a.m. on Sunday, January 18th here in New York City. It is 3.30 p.m. on Sunday, January 18th in Israel,

and it is 5 p.m. in Tehran, where, after an extraordinarily murderous crackdown by Iranian security forces,

the protests appear to have quelled. In a speech on Saturday, Ayatollah Khomeini said thousands had been killed

and blamed the U.S. and Israel for the deaths. He said those linked to Israel and the U.S.

caused massive damage and killed several thousand, Khomeini said, quoted by Iranian state media.

The massive crackdown on unrest has left at least

3,000 dead, with some estimates claiming more than 10,000 deaths. It has also been reported that

more than 22,000 have been arrested. President Trump on Saturday called for regime change in Iran,

saying, quote, it's time to look for new leadership in

Iran. In his remarks to Politico, Trump denounced Khomey in Iran, calling him, quote, a sick man who

should run his country properly and stop killing people, close quote. Over the past couple of days,

reports have emerged to the group of U.S. allies in the Middle East,

including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and then even a country like Oman,

seemed to have convinced President Trump to step back from launching air strikes against Iran,

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