Why Antizionism Gets a Movement But Antikhomeinism Doesn’t

Among the oddities of modern political morality, few are stranger than this: the only democracy in the Middle East, Israel, is the one whose very existence is denounced, while its most brutal theocracy, the Islamic Republic of Iran, is treated as a legitimate member of the international community. Antizionism thrives; its analog—call it antikhomeinism—barely registers.