چکیده:
Is it possible to recognize any subjective “common
grounds” from which all Tranian elites with different political
orientations would have approached the question of Palestine-
Israel? So far most studies have been focused on differences
among various approaches of Iranian intellectuals towards the
establishment of Israel in the territory of Palestine and very few
researches have heen concentrated on the developments of the
Iranian political discourses on Israel. Despite all differences, it
seems that all Iranian elites as members of a same society have
more or less experienced a common historical knowledge toward
Israel and a similar outlook towards the nature and function of
Israel in the Middle East, which has inevitably resulted in total
rejection of the State of Israel during the period following the
Islamic Revolution. The present article is focused on reviewing the
discourse of Iranian political elites towards Israel and analyzing
this process. This research concludes that the outlook of all
Iranian elites towards the following three concerns plays an
important role in defining their outlooks towards Israel: Iranian
relations with the West; Iranian status in the region and
establishment of justice in regional and global relations.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"The importance of this research for policy making is to show that the current Iranian objection against Israel is not a merely ideological stance, limited to a certain type of government in Iran rather, the Iranian political elites, whether religious or secular, inevitably look at Israel from the above• mentioned perspectives and therefore, challenges between the two sides can continue as long as Israel is representing the West, attempting to maintain regional hegemony in the Middle East by using aggressive and expansionist policies.
" He realized that establishing close relationships with Israel was the only way for an effective confrontation against the Soviet Union's influence in the region and ever-increasing power of leftists, anti-Iranian Arab states513) Mohammad Reza Shah believed that friendly relation with the Israel under those circumstances was an obstacle against the collapse of Iranian regional authority.
Based on the previously• mentioned analysis about reducing Iran's dependence on Israel for expanding Tehran-Washington relations, the Shah adopted a policy of criticism against Tel Aviv's militarism in the region and encouraged Israeli officials to shift their policies vis-a-vis the Arabs and sign peace agreements with them.
P" Khalil Maleki described Israel as a miracle that presents the best and the most liberal pattern of socialism in the contemporary worldY3l However, after the Six-Day War and the occupation of extensive areas of Muslim states by Israel, some Iranian socialists, including Jalal Ale Ahmad, turned around from Israel and recognized the real essence of this regime as the puppet representation of the West in the Middle East region."