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Of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at Auschwitz, the Jerusalem Post's Benjamin Weinthal chose to headline,

'A new Amalek is appearing,' Netanyahu warns at Auschwitz

In a speech of any length there will be some phrases that will stand out more than others. This is one of them: it's unexpected but apt.

 It is more apt than a superficial reading reveals. It's a powerful hard hitting condemnation.

But who is this new Amalek?

Weinthal implies Netanyahu was referring to Iran's ruling regime,

The Iranian threat permeated the speeches and remarks of many of the speakers during the events commemorating the former Soviet Union's liberation of Auschwitz 65 years ago. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=167043

But Netanyahu didn't mention Iran by name (see full text of his speech. Ronald Lauder, who also spoke that day, did mention Iran. But Netanyahu didn't. Netanyahu said at his previous Yad Vashem, “there is evil in the world”, “there is new Jew hatred in our midst”

But he didn't mention Iran. He ended that speech saying,

This is a test of mankind and we shall see in the coming weeks and months how the international community lives up to its responsibility to stop evil before it spreads further.

A blogger named Jacob, on a site dedicated to Netayahu's speeches, wrote that Netanyahu indirectly referred to Iran.