Iran Holds Huge Stake in Gaza War
On Thursday, students from the Basij (people’s militia) handed a bouquet of flowers to the Venezuelan embassy in Tehran. This was in gratitude for the recent expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Caracas.
Iran’s leadership is furious about what is happening in Gaza. Iran’s population is also angry, but for a different reason.
In Iranian culture, supporting the underdog is a national characteristic. Iranians see themselves as a minority, so they try to relate. As a child, I specifically remember learning about Bobby Sands, an IRA prisoner who died in British prisons because he went on a hunger strike in protest. In Iran, the majority of people sided with the IRA. Not because they hate Britain, but because the Irish were the underdogs. The same feelings were demonstrated during the British invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982. Every single one of us in our classroom backed the Argentinians. Never mind the fact that the war was caused by Galtieri, the then-Argentine president who was a fascist with an alcohol problem. We simply did not know. There was the strong (Britain) and the weak (Argentina). The choice was easy and obvious.
So when it comes to Gazans, the Iranian people feel bad for Gazans because they see them as underdogs. One has to remember that Iranians lived through eight years of war started by Saddam Hussein, which led to the devastation of their country. Nobody came to help them and they see the same in Gaza. Does this mean that they want to eliminate Israel? The answer in the majority of cases is negative. This is against the wishes of hardliners in the Iranian government who would love to brainwash the people of Iran, especially the young through the use of TV programs, gory pictures of casualties in Gaza, and in some cases outright lies about what is happening there. But so far, apart from hardcore fundamentalists, they are not succeeding. The only thing which the majority of the people of Iran want eliminated is poverty and unemployment in their own country. Not some country 1,000 kilometers away called Israel.
Good article.
Israel should hit hamas and bury them in gaza
Meir,
This article will not wash in this conservative hotbed where everybody is ‘out to get the American’. They may be animals but not everybody is out to get them if they do not poke their noses into others affairs.
Certainly the Iranians cannot be wishing to destroy Israel. But what do you do when you are surrounded by the great Satan on all sides? From Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan. We have seen what happened when little Cuba allowed soviet missiles close to America 45 YEARS ago, they are still paying for it.
The moon god worshipers Hamas have been shooting rockets into Israel for years. Now, the savages pay. Of course, as they hide in schools, Mosques, and hospitals it tends to get innocent people killed.
While Israel is cleaning house, I hope they destroy Hizboallh. Hizboallh has murdered more Americans than any terror group up until 9-11. At which time the POS, and Hamas passed out candy.
Go Israel!
“What scares the government of Iran is peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israel should try its best to make this dream for the people of the world…”
Ok, call me crazy but isn’t the sticking point in developing any peace between Israel and Palestine the small issue of the Palestinians desire to wipe Israel and the Jews out? How can you make peace with an enemy who is not remotely interested in peace?
As a European Christian I have no particular bone in this fight but the facts are the facts. I’m with Israel on this one for the sole reason that it is a thriving liberal democracy surrounded by a cesspits of barbarian thugs. Isreals only hope of peace is to physically leave the Middle East altogether and that’s clearly a non-starter. Its up to the Muslims to grow up and accept Israel.
No. Mohammed. The reason Cuba is a Sh*thole today rests soley on the shoulders of the revolution. That would be Fidel and Raul. The “Workers Paradise of the Carribean” has all the rest of the western hemisphere to do its dealings with and it still is a sh*thole. Lie to yourself, but don’t lie to me.
With a little luck the young people of Iran will take over their own country and bring it into the new century. They know instinctively that Iran under the Mullahs has no future for them.
@#2; mohammed,
You clearly have a bias. However, this article does wash when viewed from a historical vantage. Most all wars are fought for the same reason. In this case, Hamas has brought a knife to a gunfight, and will lose accordingly.
Iran suffered from 8 years of war started by the mad man, Saddam Hussein. Had Iran not burned all it’s bridges with the west for ‘religious’ reasons, it’s more than likely that war would have been nipped in the first months and thousands of Iranian citizens would be alive and healthy today. We reap what we sow, the Good Book tells us. The West has all but turned it’s back on Iran, we don’t trust Iran any longer.
The actions of Iran, Syria, Hamas, Hezbollah, and a host of other atrocity committing Islamic entities have turned “Muslim” into a dirty word in the west. No one here wants a Muslim for a neighbor. We are sick to death of being told Islam is a religion of peace and then you show us the opposite.
Every time I hear of another suicide murderer I get a foul taste in my mouth, and I’m certain I’m not alone. Sooner or later the world will suffer enough of this barbaric behavior and will opt for the Nagasaki solution. When you become more trouble than you are worth you are in danger of being eliminated entirely. I’m in favor of sooner rather than later.
“…this dream for the people of the world come true.” This sounds as if it came right from the mouth of Obamessiah. Israel must defend her sovereign territory. Destroy her enemies by overwhelming force. This is what will frighten the Mullahs. No more negotiations. No more “two state solution” nonsense. The Pali’s have set themselves back yet again. What we are witnessing is the failure of Oslo. The end of the “road map”. A new reality must and will emerge. Bolton nailed in the NY Post the other day. Sorry but this piece was way to “wishy washy” for me.
Mohammed has a bias???
C’mon. That can’t be.
Rather than legitimizing Hamas so that they can be “held accountable for future actions”, why not hold them accountable for past actions and kill them all?
Works for me …
What exactly makes the PLO moderate … is it just that they’re more savvy about dealing with the West? Their goals are no different from the goals of Hamas … only their means are
different.
Mr Javedanfar, you state: “There is also the question of the Israeli government not wanting to talk to Hamas because it does not want to legitimize the organization.”
Surely you have read and are familiar with the charter of Hamas. There are two direct quotes from their charter that I’d like to state here:
“Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.”
“There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors.”
Whenever I hear folks like yourself blaming Israel for refusing to talk to Hamas, I remind myself of these two statements quoted directly from Hamas’ own charter. Now, I am not a journalist or opinion writer for any blog or newspaper, and I have no education past an associate’s degree, but even I am smart enough to recognize the naive madness of all of you who chastise Israel for refusing to talk to Hamas. Hamas has clearly and without any room for negotiation stated its goal: A world where Israel does not exist, period. Yet the peace-and-love crowd – which you are obviously a part of – seems to think talking to Hamas will somehow change that stated goal.
I would think that before you go and blame Israel for refusing to talk to Hamas, you should go and blame Hamas for refusing to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist. How anyone can say Israel is wrong for refusing to talk to an enemy which refuses to acknowledge its right to exist and openly calls for its destruction through Islam is beyond me.
It will be impossible to destroy Hamas as an organization. Regime change is not an option here, and this is not Israel’s goal. All that can be done is to weaken them militarily, strengthen the PLO and get the Palestinian voter to vote against them. What we can do to achieve that is to reduce its military capability and impose a ceasefire.
“So when it comes to Gazans, the Iranian people feel bad for Gazans because they see them as underdogs.”
How stupid do you think the world is? The Iran government ships weapons to its “underdog” friend, Hamas, so Hamas’ “freedom fighters” will perform the Iranian Mullahs’ dirty work. And the craven Iranian people cower in their homes rather than take to the streets to overthrow their corrupt and despotic government. Palistinian blood covers the hands of every Iranian citizen, so don’t attempt to dump your “underdog” bullshit on us.
#4 Tony R: Your not crazy at all and you made your point well.
#7 Cooldog: I second that.
Meir Javedanfar:
I enjoyed reading your article and learned a couple of things. But i can’t agree with your conclusion. I’m sure Iran has many nightmares but peace between Israel and the Palestinians can’t be on the list as it is completely impossible. And you seem to be a reasonable individual. Doesn’t it scare you a bit (not about yourself but about Iran) when your thought process leads you to think that the rulers of Iran would dread peace in the middle east?
The Iraq-Iran war was indeed a tragic event for the people of both sides. And in the end completely indecisive and useless. But Iranians should not have been surprised that no one came to their aid. After Iran’s humiliation of the US with the embassy hostage taking affair what would one have expected? Iran decisively decided to make America its enemy and guess what? Mission accomplished. Iran traded the Shah for the Ayatollahs. By all accounts the standard of living since the Shah’s departure is down by a factor of ten. I know many smart Iranians who reluctantly left their country after the fall of the Shah and came to America and became huge successes. Would Iraq have dared attack Iran had the pro American Shah still been in power?
So at some point in time a nation’s people must reap what they sew. In the case of Iran supporting the Mullahs (and the Palestinians supporting Hamas)has made their lives much worse. Iran would have peace, security and prosperity tomorrow if it stopped its anti-American diatribe.
To have peace one needs a leader like Anwar Sadat (the bravest leader I have seen in my life time) who boldly went and made peace with Israel. And the Israelis sent plane loads of tourists to see the pyramids and the fact that so much travel happened so quickly shows the Israelis would rather send tourists than bombers any day of the week. Jordanian’s king quickly followed suit with the same results.
No such leader exists in Iran or anywhere else in the middle east. So until the Iranian people do something about their leadership they will continue to pay the consequences.
Ha ha some of you are calling for a NAGASAKI solution on Muslims. Yet you are drunk with muslim oil. That will never happen, keep dreaming. Israel does not have a right to exist in the middle east and if all fails it shall be out breeded. They have run out of people to import. Their numbers are stuck, there lies in their problem.
As for you Americans never imagine that America will continue as it is today. The demographics will take care of this vile Satan. We have seen the signs with the election of Obama.
let nature take it’s course, let the strong (Israel) destroy the weak (Hamas) in detail and then try the winners in a war crimes court.
lets allow the Israeli’s to eliminate the threat.
Tony R – As a “European Christian”, you certainly have a dog in this fight. As the Muslims continue to multiply in Europe you will soon be in the minority, at which time the religion of peace will crush you and your kin like a cockroach.
#17 dclark: Unfortunately I must agree with you.
Clearly GWB fell on his head prior to calling the Muslim religion a religion of peace. What scares me is why it has so many converts? It obviously appeals to many and because it is so violent.
mohammed:
Better stick your beak to your prayer rug and pray real hard to your devil-god, because Israel isn’t going to go away anytime soon.
18. SAF:
#17 dclark: Unfortunately I must agree with you.
Clearly GWB fell on his head prior to calling the Muslim religion a religion of peace. What scares me is why it has so many converts? It obviously appeals to many and because it is so violent.’
The reason is when you paint this sordid picture of Islam, you prepare the ground for converts. Because they later realize that they have been led to believe a lot of rubbish. And the good thing is a lot of converts are learned and not novices, therefore they end up doing more for Islam.
mohammed may not be a real Muslim. Mohammed might be a mixed up shook up girl who’s gone MIA from another blog where she “goofs around” pretending to be someone else in order to stir things up and amuse herself.
You’re just our very own Tokyo Rose aren’t you?
Mohammed:
Sorry, Islam paints its own such picture of violence. Toy suicide bomber belts says it all. There is no possible rebuttal for this action and it has been going on for years.
Like so many of his kind, Mohammed is a fool.
Islam will never achieve the rebirth of the 5th Century Caliphate they so wish for. The world has moved on, leaving the poor dumb Muslim behind.
There’s just no cure for stupid.
’237. Michael Smith:
Sorry, Islam paints its own such picture of violence. Toy suicide bomber belts says it all.’
You can dig up all the dirt you want. Stories like this only exist in these sad ‘end of the world’ conservative paranoia oops media. I have not come across this before meaning it is not even newsworthy or it is done in such a minuscule scale that it is insignificant and can only be fed to dogs like you. Hamas are wasting their time by teaching these to kids. The kids who survive these onslaughts like the ones last week found clutching to their mothers corpses shall carry on the fight against occupation. There will always be a ready army to fight the cause of Palestine. The 1.5 million in Gaza a good 45% of them are under 15. There is always this dream in Israel that the population will flee and melt away into other countries, but that dream is as old as Israel itself and will only remain a dream.
If your neighbor moved his fence and took you back yard, would you be mad?
If you neighbor had unlimited funds and beat you down on all your efforts, how would you react?
pease,,,
You said; “If your neighbor moved his fence and took you back yard, would you be mad?
If you neighbor had unlimited funds and beat you down on all your efforts, how would you react?”
I can see your point, but,,, Palestine never existed prior to the establishment of Israel. It’s not like Mexicans bombarding San Antonio with 7,000 rockets wanting it back. It’s not the same thing as if Canada started bombing Detroit, wanting the death of those citizens for their own gain. All of those territories once belonged to someone else and no one questions our right to govern these places today. It’s time for the Palestinians to get over their ‘mad’, and get on with their life, regardless of who is the government and whatever religion they practice. In fact, I think they’d do much better under the Jewish democratic rule of law than they’d ever do under Islamic Sharia Law.
What they continue to do can only be described as stupid, the world just doesn’t work that way.
As I said before, there’s just no cure for stupid.
And remember when Moses said to his people, “O my people! call to mind
the goodness of God towards you when he appointed Prophets among you, and
appointed you kings, and gave you what never had been given before to any
human beings:
Enter, O my people! the holy land which God hath destined for you. Turn
not back, lest ye be overthrown to your ruin.”
(The Qur’an (Rodwell tr), Sura 5 – The Table)
Now why would the Iranians be upset with Isarel? His Holiness Muhammad was obviously a Zionist.
Palestine did exist and we now call it Israel. We are testing a well know limit, How far can you push someone before they fight back. You beat them stave them take there homes and you would fight too. That is not stupid that is human instinct to fight back. We always said we wanted Democracy, but Hamas won, the party that Israel encouraged to replace the PLO. Be carful what you wish for.
“Iran’s other hope is that the longer the conflict goes on, the more public support Israel will lose in the EU. ”
Are you kidding???!!!! Jews are being beaten in the streets and synagogues are being torched. And this was BEFORE the Gaza operation. Now there are mass rallies with open calls for Jews to be exterminated in Europe.
Hey pease:
A) Please learn English grammar and spelling. Thanks.
B) And before Palestine it was??? I seem to recall that Alexander the Great and Pompey The Great ran through the natives like a dose of salts. And Titus Flavius conquered Judea fair and square… So maybe we should give Palestine back to Italy.
C) You wrote: “How far can you push someone before they fight back. etc..”. Well, the Gazans are finding that out now. Answer: Not very far before patience leaves.
D) Enjoy the Shock And Awe. Coming to a tenement near you…
Dear Mr. Javedanfar:
I find your opinion piece interesting, but I would like to bring up a few facts that you did not address:
1. Iran’s elected president has repeatedly called for the destruction of boh Israel (“the little satan”) and the United States (“the great satan”). Does your elected president speak for the people or does he not? If he does, then your words about Iran siding with the underdog take on a new meaning. If he does not, why does no one in your country object to his words, which sound to me at least like a declaration of war.
2. Iran’s nuclear programn is clearly intended to create nuclear weapons. A country swimming in oil and natural gas has no need for nuclear power. Against whom will those weapons be used? Israel has evry right to be nervous as indeed does the USA. Since your president and religious leaders regard death in battle as a promotion, it is not to be expected that a policy of deterrence could possibly work.
3. Have you read the Hamas charter? The one that explicitly calls for the extermination of all Jews in Israel? The one that the people of the Gaza Strip willingly voted for when they voted Hamas into power? Assuming Israel wanted to talk to Hamas after suffering years of random rocket and mortar attacks, what would they talk about? Hamas wants the Jews to die and the Jews don’t want to. There isn’t really much to talk about.
It’s funny how the majority of you, all agree that Isreal has the right to exist and that Hamas is at fault for all this. Remember that when times get tough, start a war to get the attention off of the current problems. Hmas has brought down the Palastinian people and their only way out is to start a war, that they know they will loose, inorder to get the world to feel sorry for them and condem the Isrealies, who are just trying to live in peace.
If the US were to even up the money game Israel would not last. It’s our money that lets Israel keep the boot on the neck of the Palastinian people
Mohammed: obviously the Israelis disagree with what you and your kind think. Hamas is the party of poverty and destruction. Backing Hamas is like tying a rotten piece of meat around your neck and complaining of the smell. there is just no talking to you, to try and make a point. one picture is worth a thousand words and one bomb is worth a thousand pictures. when will Hamas and company get the picture.
Mohammed, your fellow Muslims will be slaughtered by God Himself. The very forces of nature shall become military weapons against them. People all over the world will fear the Lord when He smites Muslim armies gathered against Israel, massacring them in such a wholesale slaughter that no one can doubt it was the Lord who smote them. Could you deny that God is with Israel if ten million men march against Israel and all ten million perish while Israel suffers not a single casualty?
26 great szcholarly post. YOu can read the QUaran as peace or like a nut. There are only so many nuts in the world, but essentially the Muslim world is kept stupid and in poverty while 1% of their population live like kings, and keep the people ignorant.The arabs always believed in slavery, and its in the quaran.
Since when was the PLO moderate?
First things first. President Bush will not OK any covert action against Iran before he leaves office. Any covert action against Iran will fail in the hands of President elect Obama. Based on what President elect Obama has said, any covert actions against Iran are unlikely. As for the attacks coming from Lebanon, Hezbollah has already denied those attacks were done by them. Hezbollah blames Hamas for those attacks from within Lebanon hoping to draw Hezbollah into the war with Israel. It’s not only Israel who doesn’t recognize Hamas as a legitimate government, but many other nations as well. It’s doesn’t seem to bother Hamas, their using the legitimacy of the International Red Cross and the United Nations to condemn Israel. Hamas uses terrorist politics every time they attack Israel. These politics includes reporting the deaths of civilians at the hands of Israel. Sending out the alarm for humanitarian aid in the form of food, supplies, water, medicine, and fuel. Once the call for help goes out by Hamas, everything Hamas has done is forgotten because of the cry for humanitarian aid. Give me a break. The sad part about it, is that the same organizations and nations, time after time fall for Hamas terrorist politics, especially the International Red Cross and the United Nations. Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization who kills just for the joy of killing and it doesn’t have to be Israeli’s they want to wipe out. Who in the world believes Hamas wouldn’t be the Hamas we know today if Israel never existed. Hamas would just find someone else who needs wiping out, and Hamas would still have the same sympathizers, especially the International Red Cross and the United Nations.
mohammed
You are not even worth a shoe to be thrown at you.
SAF
You are asking why so many converts?
The short answer is that Islam is giving its converts a routine to follow: pray 5 times a day, go to the mosque on Friday, listen to what Qu’ran and hadith are telling you to do and when to do it. And do not think. There is also an added incentive for some – you can have (sometimes) money as a new convert, and you can blame everyone else for your faults because, you see,people are islamophobic.
The long answer is that when some start to question verses in Qu’ran and asking what is going on with their religion and their fellow muslims it is too late to opt out. So majority try to convince themselves that they choose well and try to be more catholic then a pope – so to say.
“What scares the government of Iran is peace between Israelis and Palestinians…” Add to that a low price of oil. I betcha one of the main reasons for Iran stirring up the MidEast is to bump up the dollars per barrel. Didn’t work this time. Zilch. Nada.
Re Islamic conversions: It’s not all one way. See http://suzieviews.blogspot.com/2006/12/shocking-numbers-of-muslims-converting.html
What is probably driving the Iranians crazy is the muted response from the rest of the Muslim world regarding Israel’s invasion of Gaza. The Egyptians and the Syrians are probably sick and tired of Hamas, and Hezbollah is smart enough not to get involved in this fight for fear of getting whacked like they did back in 2006. If Hezbollah achieves any more “victories” like the one they supposedly obtained in 2006, they’ll be finished as a military power and they know it. Nope, nobody seems to be coming to the aid of Hamas and Iran won’t openly support Hamas because it doesn’t want to give Israel an excuse for bombing their nuclear facilities. Hamas is being left to twist in the wind and I think they’ll be ready for a truce in about a week or two. The only question is whether or not Fatah will take over once Hamas is overthrown. If so, then the prospects for a functioning peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians looks fairly good.
mohammed Says:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/iran-holds-huge-stake-in-gaza-war/#comment-15
“Ha ha some of you are calling for a NAGASAKI solution on Muslims. Yet you are drunk with muslim oil. That will never happen, keep dreaming. Israel does not have a right to exist in the middle east and if all fails it shall be out breeded. They have run out of people to import. Their numbers are stuck, there lies in their problem.
As for you Americans never imagine that America will continue as it is today. The demographics will take care of this vile Satan. We have seen the signs with the election of Obama.”
Mo;
You should read the Bible like Muhammad commanded before you predict the future.
You ask;
Do the Qur’an and Muhammad affirm or reject the Bible? Should a Muslim read the Bible?
In the Qur’an, Muhammad commanded Muslims to read the Bible.
What is your guide? If hadiths or imams differ with the Qur’an, which would you believe? Most likely, the Qur’an is your ultimate authority. As a Muslim, does the Qur’an give you permission to learn from the Bible?
* “Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light” (Surah 5:44a).
* “And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed) before it in the Torah – a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil)” (Surah 5:46).
* “It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong)” (Surah 3:3).
* “And be not thou of those who deny the revelations of Allah, for then wert thou of the losers” (Surah 10:95).
If you are a Muslim, you have no excuse not to read the Bible. The Qur’an commands and praises it.
For the “Real” future of Islam and the world you need to refer to:
The Book of Isaiah 66:8, Ezekiel Chapters 38 & 39, What Isa/Jesus says in Matthew 24, & Revelation Chapters 1-22 for starters.
Over 2700 years ago, The Prophet Isaiah wrote in chapter 66/verse 8, that the Nation Israel would be born in one day. On may 14, 1948 Israel became a nation.
Begin with the Gospel of Luke which tells the story of Isa. He alone can give you assurance of paradise.
As the Qur’an says, reading the Bible will answer your questions: “If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt” (Surah 10:94).
I was once accused of something I did not do, nor would I have done.
I approached the offended person, angry beyond description. The person refused to listen or even consider listening to the truth. I tried over and over for five long years. Nothing worked. I learned to live with it but the injustice lingers.
Hamas has declared their stance. Nothing will change it.
Israel is not going anywhere, and nothing will change that.
Should there be an agreement to cease fire….what would work if Israel
jailing for life those who break it and Palestinian Hamas putting their
dissidents in jail for life if they act independently from the leaders of Hamas.
It is those who break the agreements, not the leadership that cause
the most harm. Of course, Hamas may not care that someone acted independently and rocketed Israel. Of course Israel may not care
that someone acted independently, and antagonized Hamas.
Both leaderships in my opinion, secretly wishes the other to
be destroyed. Not likely…so this conflict will continue.
I, instead, a great distance away with live my life without fear of
bombardment. I am sorry for the populace of both warring parties.
42. DonJoe:
Donjoe I am a proud owner of two holy bibles. I cannot say I have read them all but I have read a lot. One is the King James version, the other I cannot remember they are in the loft with my university books. I had to have them to face the Jehovah witnesses that seemed to be every where in the late eighties and early nineties. They gave up on me, but we used to have these debates. I am not trying to win any fans here, my Islamic faith is unshakable.. But I know the christian religion very well and have been in churches, the last time in 2003 to witness a friend graduating from a Theology Diploma.
28.Pease….Palestine did not exist before Israel. The “country occupying that space” was called JORDAN.
Walid Shoebat (a former Muslim terrorist who became a Christian and now writes about the Palestinian-lie) raises the question on his own website, pointing out that it makes no sense to think he went to bed as a Jordanian one night and was suddenly a Palestinian the next morning.
You are going to have escalating problems with your lines since more and more westerners are actually taking the time to educate themselves about the Palestinian movement, Islam, Mohammed, and (worst of all) how the Palestinian have been abused by their fellow-Arabs, to a degree that FAR exceeds anything anyone else in the world has done to them.
45. Ann141:
28.Pease….Palestine did not exist before Israel. The “country occupying that space” was called JORDAN.
Well let Israel give the land back to JORDAN then even if it is space as you put it. The lies you come up with will make Fox News blush.
“The message of the (Islamic) Revolution is global, and is not restricted to a specific place or time. It is a human message, and it will move forward. Have no doubt … Allah willing, Islam will conquer what? It will conquer all the mountain tops of the world.”
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, July 25, 2005.
“The world of Islam has been mobilized against America for the past 25 years. The peoples call, “death to America.” Who used to say “death to America?” Who, besides the Islamic Republic and the Iranian people, used to say this? Today, everyone says this.”
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, June 24, 2004
“If one day, the world of Islam comes to possess the weapons currently in Israel’s possession -on that day this method of global arrogance would come to an end. This is because the use of a nuclear bomb in Israel will leave nothing on the ground, whereas it will only damage the world of Islam.”
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Former Iranian President, December 14, 2001
“Some 10,000 people have registered their names to carry out martyrdom operations on our defined targets… Our targets are mainly the occupying American and British forces in the holy Iraqi cities, all the Zionists in Palestine, and Salman Rushdie.”
- Mohammad Ali Samadi, Spokesperson, Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign, June 5, 2004
“Islam makes it incumbent on all adult males, provided they are not disabled or incapacitated, to prepare themselves for the conquest of countries so that the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world… those who study Islamic Holy War will understand why Islam wants to conquer the whole world.”
- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Hamas is a terrorist organization and its charter is to annihilate Israel and the Jews. Israel, at the same time deliberately places innocent Palestinians in harms way, using them as human shields, to maximize casualties.
Israel wants to live in peace within its border and its first concern is the safety of its civilians.
Ironically, there has been several demonstration of our (I am Iranian) innocent young students in Iran, many arrested first condemned to death because they insulted the mullahs, then after several more demonstrations now they are in prisons and being tortured.
Iranian people condemn the Iran government for arming and empowering the Hamas, Hezbollah terror groups, and accuse them of having innocent blood on their hands.
The Iranian Government just now shut down a newspaper as equally condemned the terror organizations that use kindergartens and hospitals as shield against attacks.
This war is not a religious conflict. Hamas and Hezbollah, with the backing of Russia and Iran are causing great tragedy. Yes, Russia is not happy with the price of oil to be so low, by helping Iran with the nuclear technology, and sending rockets and weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah, is trying to jack up the price of oil.
Need correction, my first paragraph, instead of Israel, it should be Hamas, at the same time deliberately places innocent Palestinians in harms way.
#46, Jordan doesn’t want it just like Egypt didn’t want Gaza.
To MOHAMMED # 46. Re Ann 141. Ann is quite right. Palestine did not exist before Israel which was once the ‘Kingdom of Israel’ in the Land of Judea, Homeland of the Jewish people. During the Christ era this land was occupied by the Romans who renamed the land of Judea to Palestine, after the Philistines. Goliath was a Philistine as so Delilah Thus this area has remained under the nameof Palestine for 2000 years, ruled alternately by Rome, by Islamic and ChristianCrusaders, by the Ottoman Empire and briefly by the British as the British Mandate of Palestine.
Many Arabs lived under the British Mandate when all who lived there behe Arab, Jew,Armenian, Turk was known as a Palestinian. But when Israel was recreated in 1947/48 where she was 2000 years ago before being exiled into the Diaspora by the Romans, all had to revert to their original nationality and Arabs became known as Palestinian/Arabs.Together with Arab emigreits who were sent to Palestine as labourers, it was only under the auspices of Yasser Arafat some sixty years ago that the ‘Palestinian’ was born, whois in fact a Homeless Arab Refugee’ who finally adopted the name of being ‘Palestinian’ in order to claim land in Palestine, formerly Judea/Israel. And this is where the trouble begins because the Jewish people decidedly want to keep their 4000 year old biblical homeland while the Arab Refugeeswish to claim the land as theirs and to destroy Israel as their Covenant demands. Consequently Ann is right, Israel the biblical and historical homeland of the Jews for nearly 4000 years was there long before it was renamed Palestine by the Romans during the Christ era 2000 years ago.
TO MOHAMMED @ 24: No use dreaming mohammed. Hamas has already been Defeated by Israel as at today with 1000 so-called Palestinians dead and Hamas literally begging for an end to the Conflict. A good lesson to the mullahs and the ahmadinejads of this world not to count their chickens before they are hatched. The US, Israel and their allies those in the Arab World such as Egypt, Jordan and even Saudi Arabia are witnesses to the weakness that lies within you people. and the sooner you wake up to them the better.
Religion sucks!
They accuse us of violence whilst spewing out hate and wishing for our death.
Haters!
to the IDF, and it’s political leaders: please finish it right this time. no stalemate, no cease fire, just a complete defeat for iran and hammas.
Israel is in the wrong.
#51, actually what you see is the PLO deliberately appropriated the message of Zionism:
1) Historic homeland – well guess what we were here before you
2) You had a shoah we have a naqba
3) You have the right of return, so do we
and so on
Mohammed…Why are you using your prophets name as yours? I thought it was no images etc of the prophet and you’re on a website using his name to post? Seems odd for a true believer to me.
Truthwillprevail….So we’ll all put your name in the “supports a terrorist organization” column. Duly noted.
ThinkingPerson – now that you have labelled me as “supports a terrorist organization” should I be expecting to be hit by a phospherous bomb? Ducking for cover…
Oh dear I see I took your bait and acted as stupidly in my comment as you did in yours.
Fact is only a handful of idiots who are on the Israeli/Zionist pay roll are in support of Israel; the rest of the world has just woken up and smelling the coffee.
Watched Parliament debate on Gaza today – Phyllis/George, et al, you kick Arse!! My respect for you guys has sky rocketed!
ThinkingPerson – stop labelling people and tap into your moral side.
ThinkingPerson – and one more thing, I refer to your post 58 – we regard all our prophets very highly including Abraham, Soloman, Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, and others before them, peace be upon them all – however, they were human and as such although we love them and respect them and pray for them we do not worship them. A name is not an image. We are free to call ourselves Mohammed – thought I’d spell it out incase that wasn’t clear to you.
Whilst we’re on the subject of religion, Jews were put in exile and scattered around the world to be brought back to the holy land by heavenly decree; and unless you consider the British to be your messiah (and I am a proud Brit – not so proud of my British history though I hasten to add) – aren’t you still supposed to be in exile?
Note to genuine Jews: please do not be offended by above as I only wrote it to prove a point and not to offend you.
As Israel exists I am of the opinion that it should continue do so within the 1948 agreement; and Palestine should also have their own state and excercise the same rights and freedom. Who are we to judge who Palestine elects? USA elected Bush didn’t they? What a moron.