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Revisionist History in Iran
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Rich
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That ugly putz doesn't even know his own history, the history of Persia. His ancestors were very familiar with the Jews from Palestine.
Posted by: Rich on December 11, 2005 11:53 AM
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Per
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His "Persian ancestors", as one of the founding members of the League of Nations, were on 24 July 1922 even co-sponsors of the British Mandate to establish a National Home for the Jewish People in "Palestine".
Posted by: Per on December 11, 2005 12:06 PM
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kuhnkat
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Being a typical ignorant, bigoted, Muslim raghead, he probably thinks the Nazis still control Europe and would eradicate the Jews for him.
What I find interesting is the lack of response from our MSM.
Could you imagine the foaming at the mouth fits the lefties and MSM would be having if Sharon recommended the relocation of the so-called Palestinians to open land elsewhere in the Middle East?? (a perfectly reasonable solution in my opinion)
Posted by: kuhnkat on December 11, 2005 12:11 PM
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Bob
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The President of Iran and his supporters are the equivalent of George W. Bush, the US President, and his far-right Republican supporters in America. He is facing a lot of domestic opposition in the Iranian Parliament and Iranian media due to his hard-line policies and statements. Just like Bush's statments and actions scared American allies, the Iranian President is making his allies in Russia, China, Armenia, Europe, and both Asia and the Islamic World nervous. The only Iranian allies that seem to be calm in light of such statements are Syria, Lebanon, Venezuela, some of the republics of the former Soviet Union (like Belarus) and the new pro-Iranian government of Iraq.
I don't think that he would push for attack on Israel or America or any other nation in or outside Iran's traditional sphere, unless threatened or attacked. this man's support will only deepend and widen in Iran and abroad if his threats are taken seriously or Iran is attacked. The Iranian system of government is made of many bodies and organs who will keep him and each other in check and are accountable to other parties. He has no control over the formidable Iranian military or Iranian law makers. His comments will not be heard of in another 2 to 3 years when another Prsident is elected in Iran to take his place.
Posted by: Bob on December 11, 2005 10:10 PM
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Cyrus
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This kind of speech is just a game amoung both Iranian and Isreali politicians. It is the so-called "opened insult and hidden collaboration".
What Iranian revolutionaries have been saying for more than 25 years, has just benefitted the Israelis' counter-parts.
Posted by: Cyrus on December 12, 2005 03:04 AM
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kuhnkat
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Bob and Cyrus,
Please check your meds, that is if they haven't caught you and returned you to your institutions.
Posted by: kuhnkat on December 12, 2005 10:23 AM
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Lupin
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In ancient times the land Israel is now on, belonged to Israel. The Jewish people were unjustly forced off it by invaders. Few people lived there before Israel was re-founded, so it seems that they are the rightful owners.
Posted by: Lupin on December 12, 2005 12:55 PM
Revisionist History in Iran
Give the man credit.
After his call for the Jewish State of Israel to be "wiped off the map" was met with less than rave reviews, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come up with a new idea:
Iran's Ahmadinejad says Israel should be moved to Europe
I must admit that I can't help but admire this man. How often is it that you find a politician who is both so open and honest? I don't doubt for a moment that there are many, both in the Arab and Western world who would love nothing more than to see Israel disappear, but he actually has the courage to say it, and try to do something about it.
Putting that behind us, there are a number of flaws in Ahmadinejad's arguments:
1) There has never been any such entity known as the "Palestinian" people.
Furthermore, the origin of the name Palestine has nothing to do with the Arabs / Muslims.
2) The League of Nations, predecessor to the United Nations, decided in 1922 (15 years before the Shoah) in favor of the creation of a Jewish National Home in Palestine, and gave Britain the authority to implement this ruling (binding as international law), which became known as the British / Palestine mandate.
3) The right of the Jewish People to a Jewish State in the Land of Israel is not conditional upon the sympathy or agreement of the nations of the world.
The Land of Israel was promised / given to the Jewish People by G-d, and throughout the 2,000 years of forced Exile from their Homeland, the Jewish People never ceased in their collective will to return. The return of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel is merely the reassertion of their historic right.
The Jewish People were not merely seeking a land to call their own, but to return to the one land promised to them by G-d, to return to the land where their religious, historic and cultural roots are found.
4) If the Iranian President is serious about his idea of moving the Jewish State of Israel to a region outside of the Middle East, he should know better than to suggest a return to Europe.
I believe that his idea would be much more widely received, especially by Jews, if he suggested the creation of a Jewish State in Brooklyn, Teaneck, Riverdale and the Five Towns...
(Hat Tip: Jameet at The Muqata & Don from On the Contrary))
Cross Posted at Israel Perspectives
Posted by Ze'ev Orenstein at December 11, 2005 04:01 AM