I know that Ahmadinejad entered the Grand Hyatt Hotel earlier tonight. What I don’t understand is why he has also exited it. Are there no Iranian dissidents or human rights activists prepared to arrest him on the spot and transport him to stand trial in The Hague? As the Israelis did for Herr Eichmann?
The rally crowd has been estimated at about 1,000. In attendance were people from religious Christian and religious Jewish groups, Iranian dissident and secular groups, African-American Christian groups, women’s rights groups, gay rights groups, etc.
The speakers all condemned Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism whose goals are both genocidal and jihadic; whose persecution of Iranian women, homosexuals, and political dissidents is barbaric. The regime is a totalitarian nightmare regime.
Someone read aloud the speech that Governor Sarah Palin would have delivered had she been able to attend. About thirty people spoke including Rabbi Avi Weiss, Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Father Keith Roderick, Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa, Women United founder Beth Gilinsky, and countless others. Christine Brim read my prepared remarks. The signs were plentiful and pithy and were it not for a technical glitch on my end, you would now be seeing them all. The media was there. My colleague Fern Sidman saw FOX and CNN.
Actually, you may see photos of this rally, HERE.
GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATED ON 9/25 INCLUDED
Women United/Code Red
911 Families
ACT for America
Alliance of Iranian Women
AMCHA
American Center for Law and Justice
American Center for Democracy
American Islamic Forum for Democracy
American Maronite Union
Americans for a Safe Israel
American Values
Arabs for Israel
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Center for Security Policy
Christian Solidarity International
Christians United For Israel
Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights
Committee on the Present Danger
Concerned Women for America
Jeffrey Ballabon, Coordinating Council on Jerusalem
Council for a Democratic Iran
Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations
Endowment for Middle East Truth
Eye on the U.N.
Family Security Matters
Foundation for Defense of Democracy
Fuel for Truth
Glenn Richter, Founder Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry
Guardian Angels
Dov Hikind, New York Assembly
Institute for Religion and Democracy
International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem
International Christian Union
Aryeh Eldad, Israeli Knesset
Jerusalem Reclamation Project
Jewish Action Alliance
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
Jewish Political Education Foundation
Jihadwatch
Rory Lancman, New York State Assembly
Log Cabin Republicans of New York City
New York Chapter, Gathering of Eagles
Open Doors USA
Phyllis Chesler, author
Rabbi Zev Friedman, Rambam Mesivta high school
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
StandWithUs
Stop Shariah Now
Sudan Freedom Walk
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
Traditional Values Coalition
United American Committee
David Weprin, New York City Council
Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, Trustee CUNY
Women’s Freedom Movement of Pakistan
World Committee for the Land of Israel
Zionist Organization of America
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