CITY Opinion. Tradition. CANCELS DID TRUMP THE COURAGE POLO MATCH BLINK ON OF AGAINST IRAN SANCTIONS PERSISTENCE ISRAEL A2. A10. A11. THE algemeiner JOURNAL $1.00 - PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 | 1 KISLEV 5779 VOL. XLVI NO. 2379 Control of Congress, Notorious Antisemite Louis and Verdict on Farrakhan Leads Trump, at Stake in ‘Death to America’ US Elections Chant BY BENJAMIN KERSTEIN Nation of Islam leader and prominent antisemite Louis Farrakhan led chants of “Death to America” and claimed that “America has never been a democracy” on Sunday during a solidarity trip to Iran, ahead of the re-implementation of US sanctions on the country this week. According to Iran’s semi-offi cial state news agency Mehr, Farrakhan said at a meeting with the Secretary of People vote during the midterm election at P.S. 140 in Manhattan, New York City, Nov. 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Andrew Kelly. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan speaking in Detroit, Mi. in February 2017. Photo: Reuters/Rebecca Cook. BY REUTERS Th e fi rst national elections since rallies he held to stoke turnout on Trump captured the White House in the last day before the election. Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei that America is & ALGEMEINER STAFF a stunning 2016 upset will be a refer- All 435 seats in the US House conspiring against Iran. “I understand how the enemies have plotted against Democrats are favored by endum on the polarizing Republican of Representatives, 35 US Senate the Iranian people and I would like to stay alongside you to elect After a divisive campaign president and his hardline policies, seats and 36 governorships are up stop their plots,” he said. marked by fi erce clashes over race, and a test of whether Democrats can for grabs on Tuesday in elections He also blasted American support for Saudi Arabia, immigration and other cultural turn the energy of the liberal anti- focused on dozens of competitive Iran’s arch-rival in the region, and added, “Satan seeks to issues, Americans began casting Trump resistance into victories at the races from coast to coast that opinion divide Muslims and wants them to kill each other, while God votes early on Tuesday to deter- ballot box. polls show could go either way. tells us in the Quran to be united.” mine the balance of power in the “Everything we have achieved Democrats are favored by Farrakhan has referred to Jews as the “synagogue of US Congress and shape the future is at stake tomorrow,” Trump told elec ion forecasters to pick up the Continued on Page A3 of Donald Trump’s presidency. supporters on Monday night in minimum of 23 House seats they Fort Wayne, Indiana, at one of three Continued on Page A3 Dershowitz ShabbatCalendar Parshat TOLDOT Times for New York City, Friday Candle Lighting Shabbat Begins: 4:26pm | Shabbat Ends: 5:25pm פרשת תולדות on Trump and Antisemitism P.O.B. 208 East 51st St, Suite 185 New York, NY 10022 page A8 Tel: (718) 771.0400 | Fax: (718) 771.0308 Email: [email protected] www.algemeiner.com © Copyright 2018 e Algemeiner Journal - All Rights Reserved. A2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 Opinion. Did Trump Blink on Iran Sanctions? countries, allowing them to continue to do limited to a six-month period. business with Iran. One is believed to be India, According to Pompeo, two of these JONATHAN S. TOBIN a major trading partner of Tehran. nations have promised to end imports of JNS.ORG Also notably absent from the announce- Iranian oil within weeks. Th e administration ment was any mention of America’s clearly hopes to persuade the others to do the determination to ensure that any nation same. But if they don’t, that will set up another or entity that conducts business with Iran crucial moment in six months when the same When Donald Trump pulled the United will be cut off from the US-based Society for people who were able to convince Trump US President Donald Trump speaks to States out of the Iran nuclear deal in May Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecom- and Pompeo to back off this time will have reporters before heading to an event in India- of this year, he vowed that America would munication or SWIFT, which facilitates another opportunity to further delay Iran’s napolis regarding the shooting at the Tree of re-impose all the sanctions on Tehran that international transactions. If it had been total isolation by asking for an extension on Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa., calling it an had been lifted by the pact championed by included in the sanctions, that would essen- their exemptions. “antisemitic crime.” Photo: Screenshot. President Barack Obama. tially compel anyone interested in commerce Th e decision about SWIFT is even more the United States and its banks was enough Th at promise will be kept on November 5, with Iran to choose between money to be problematic. to scare foreign investors away. Th e expected as a deadline is reached for nations that need to made with Iran or being able to do business Th e arguments against cutting off Iran’s post-Iran deal gold rush never really materi- cease importing Iranian goods or face serious in the United States, as well as any other entity trading partners from SWIFT were based alized. Protests about both the sinking fi nancial penalties. It will impose sanctions that has interactions with US banks. Th at on the idea that it might lead the Europeans Iranian economy and the repressive nature on more than 700 businesses, government would have imposed a blanket of complete to try to create a rival banking system. Th at of the regime have weakened the hold of the agencies, and individuals in Iran involved in isolation on Iran. would potentially damage the dollar and cost theocrats and their terrorist allies. oil, banking, shipping, shipbuilding, and insur- What happened? American institutions a lot of money. Th at weakness gives the lie to the predic- ance. Th at will tighten the noose that has been Has Trump gone soft? Did the foreign- But that was an empty threat. Th e notion tions that more sanctions and pressure will gradually choking the Iranian economy since policy establishment that the president so that Europe, for all of its wealth, could aff ord induce the ayatollahs to attempt to break out Trump took offi ce and began the process of despises — and whose advice he spurned when to try to compete with the US system is from any nuclear restrictions and quickly build dismantling his predecessor’s pact. it came to moving the US embassy to Jerusalem ludicrous. It would cost them far more than it a bomb. Trump understood that the Iranian But there are two key elements of the or ending the Iran deal — persuade him or would the United States. Th e Europeans know regime is a paper tiger that bluff ed its way into announcement made by Secretary of State Pompeo to back down? Will these loopholes that Trump values the nation’s economic massive concessions from Obama that not Mike Pompeo that are troubling to those give Iran and its European enablers the leeway gains achieved on his watch. Th ose arguments only didn’t end its nuclear program, but also who have been applauding the president’s to wait out Trump in the hope — as former apparently worked and convinced the presi- included sunset provisions that will allow Iran intentions to scrap a deal that enriched Secretary of State John Kerry has advised them dent to back away from his promise to move to build a weapon once the deal expires. and empowered an enemy nation bent on — that the Democrats will win the 2020 presi- quickly to bring Iran to its knees. Th at’s why Trump’s move to scrap the hegemony in the Middle East, and failed to dential election and save the pact before the Yet there’s little doubt that what Trump deal was something that had to be done end the threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon. president can fi nish scrapping it? is doing is still going to have a devastating eventually if the West was to avoid standing Far from being a sweeping ban on trade with Th e answer to all these questions is maybe. impact on Tehran. Since Trump’s Iran deal by as Iran built a weapon. Iran, the new sanctions keep open some In Trump’s defense, the exemptions that announcement, the rial, Iran’s currency, has Some Republicans, led by Sen. Ted Cruz signifi cant loopholes. he granted are far fewer than the ones Obama lost two-thirds of its value. Its oil exports have of Texas, hope to rectify this situation by One is that the administration has gave out. Obama exempted 20 nations rather also declined by 40 percent. introducing legislation that will mandate the granted an exemption to eight unidentifi ed than just eight, and Trump’s exemptions are Moreover, the fear of being shut out of Continued on Page A3 What Americans Must Do After Pittsburgh to Thwart Antisemitism points to ponder after the Pittsburgh massacre Labour Party is awash with Jew-hatred, but he the recedes from the headlines. We off er them could be the UK’s next leader. Algemeiner Journal ABRAHAM COOPER & as professionals who have struggled with An unholy alliance of terrorist groups like YITZCHOK ADLERSTEIN antisemitism worldwide for decades. Hamas and Hezbollah, funded by Iran, uses (USPS 927800) is published weekly Social media outlets like Gab market hate.