Israelis may emigrate over nuclear threat
The Independent U.K. May 23, 2009
Almost A quarter of Israel’s seven million citizens would consider leaving the country if Iran becomes a nuclear military power, according to a new poll.
The poll also shows that over 40 per cent of Israelis believe that their military forces should strike Iran’s nuclear installations without waiting to see whether US President Barack Obama’s plans for diplomatic engagement with Tehran work or not.
The findings, in a study by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University, uncover deep pessimism among Israelis on the issue, with 85 per cent of respondents expressing concern that Iran will acquire a nuclear weapon.
If the findings accurately reflect public feeling, they suggest that an unprecedented demographic catastrophe could unfold in Israel should Iran obtain a warhead.
The head of the Tel Aviv centre, David Menashri, blamed the heightened rhetoric of both sides for the findings. He said: “It seems that the violent language used by President Ahmadinejad and his assertions about wiping Israel from the page of history, in addition to Iranian advancement of its nuclear and ballistic programmes, created a real concern among Israelis.”
He added: “The Israeli public statements and talks of ‘existential threat’ used by Israeli leaders to alert the world of its concern could only lead to popular anxiety.” (Continue Reading this Article)
Why not make the Iranians emigrate–or hang their mullahs and dictators from the nearest lampposts?
Israel could drop leaflets, or even post pictures on the Internet, of burn victims from Hiroshima and Nagasaki under captions like “This is the future of the Iranian people should Iran use a weapon of mass destruction on Israel. Cities like Tehran and Qom would become massive crematoria, with millions of inhabitants burned to death and others crushed by flying debris, while the city and surrounding countryside are poisoned by radioactive fallout. Although Israel has no quarrel with the people of Iran, Iran’s so-called leaders–whom Iranians did not elect in free elections–are rapidly making such a scenario inevitable by brandishing weapons of mass destruction at other countries and threatening their use for purposes other than national self-defense.” Then add a picture of Benito Mussolini hanging from a meat hook with the explanation that his own people disposed of him in this manner, and leave it up to the Iranians what they want to do with their mullahs, religious judges, and so on.