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Ahmadinejad: I’m not anti-Semitic
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 21.09.06, 21:42
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31. Ahmadinejad: I’m not anti-Semitic
Jukka Moisio ,   Nacka Sweden   (09.22.06)
...neither am I Napoleon.
32. to walldizo
Charles ,   Gray Summit, USA   (09.22.06)
The Iranian madman is an antisemite. Iranians are not arabs, just ask them, they will tell you so. Your little rat friend from Iran doesn't care a bit about arabs (semites) or jews (semites). He uses hezbollah to start a proxy war with Israel and kills 1000's of Lebanese arabs (semites). He will use them again if he gets the chance, and the arab (semites) will foolishly go along and die for a Persian Anti-Semite wishing to create his ultimate war and bring back his 12th imam. When will all of you comprehend his motives, and his disregard for your situation and lives?
33. Im pessimistic
Ron Rosenberg ,   USA   (09.22.06)
Is he really telling the truth? Or just "pleasing" fellow Americans and Jews.
34. Believe what you want!
RIB ,   USA   (09.22.06)
In the constitution or Charter of Medina (Dustur al-Madinah) that Muhammad wrote, we read: ~A believer shall not slay a believer for the sake of an unbeliever, nor shall he aid an unbeliever against a believer...Believers are friends one to the other to the exclusion of outsiders...The believers must avenge the blood of one another shed in the way of God. (Article 14) http://www.newmediajournal.us/guest/jonsson/09162006.htm
35. Ahmadijenad: All you need is LOVE LOVE LOVE...KABOOM!!!
malcolm   (09.22.06)
36. Well...I'm American Indian...I'm feeling displaced
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (09.22.06)
by all the Iranians living on my land in The United States. Is he gonna round up his herd of Iranians and take them back to Iran? What's good for Israel ought to be good for Iran. All you Europeans should send back Iranian nationals also. Ahmadjinut is totally commited to displaced people these days. Unless its his people, displacing other countries people. He's a hypocrite.
37. How can he be anti-semitic?
FM ,   Seattle, USA   (09.22.06)
He's most likely a semite. So many people--I guess Israeli Jews moslty--use the term anti-semitic as if it means anti-Jewish or anti-Israeli !!! It doesn't !! Most of you Israelis ARE NOT semitic. You are mostly ashkenazi, mostly converts at one point or another. If I convert tomorrow can I call someone anti-semitic too? Can I claim to be God's Chosen People too? Can I claim God gave me Palestine too? You people ARE NOT the people spoken of in the Old Testament. You are NOT the people who had the Covenant with God. Those people are gone, their covenant was broken. You don't care. Whatever gets you the land right? It's all a bunch of lies, but you folks don't care as long as you think it entitles you to your ill-gotten land. You live on lies and kill in the name of lies.
38. #26 is wrong
FM ,   Seattle, USA   (09.22.06)
For anyone who has bothered to actually listen to the man, he has always said that he wants REGIME CHANGE in Israel...not the removal of Israel. He gets asked about that and his comments on the Holocaust in every single interview he does, and each time he clarifies what his point is, but then the media goes and prints whatever they want. Ask him yourself what he really said and he'll tell you again. He doesn't claim the Holocaust didn't happen. He says it didn't happen the way the "official" story represents it , ie: that 6,000,000 Jews were gassed. If that number is correct, then why do the Jews keep down-grading the number of deaths at some of these camps? If regime change is such a dirty phrase, then why are all these people advocating regime change in many arab countries? If it's good for the goose it's good for the gander, but all you care about is slander. I've heard all the accusations about Ahmadnejad, then I took the time to listen to him. He sounds like a pretty rational guy--much more so than the average Israeli or American leader who seek power from spreading fear and constantly talk about killing others.
39. #4: If you think Jews are your enemy, you are wrong
howard ,   pacific coast, usa   (09.22.06)
The problem is, many Muslims perceive "the Jews" to be your enemies -- but this simply is not true. The VAST majority of Jews, including most Israelis, do not hate Muslims. Israelis in particular go on vacation to Turkey, Morocco Jordan and Egypt (you don't go to enemy states on holiday!), do business with Turks, Egyptians, Israeli Arabs, etc., have a high degree of affection for the Druzim in particular (the Druze sect is an offshoot of Islam), and reacted with strong anger to the attempt by the Serbs to commit genocide against the Bosnian Muslims (reminded of the Holocaust, Israel took in a number of Bosnian Muslim refugees, some of whom still live in Israel, and Jews worldwide aggressively pressed for world powers to take action to stop the attempted genocide against the Muslim population). Israel as a country has *repeatedly* offered aid to Muslim nations when trouble strikes: to Pakistan after the earthquake, to Indonesia after the tsunami, to Egypt during the ferry disaster, even to the Iranians after their earthquake. ALL of these goodwill gestures have been refused by the Muslim countries concerned. Israel, and the Jewish community worldwide, have never once turned down the open hand of friendship, when any Muslim leader has sincerely offered it. Not once. The truth is that many Muslim governments and organizations persist in teaching you (and, much worse, your uncynical children) that "the Jews" are "an evil force attempting to subjugate the Muslims" -- whereas in fact, Jews are simply people; Jewish culture is fundamentally not oriented around conquest or war; and Israelis have always asked simply not to be attacked by their neighbors. When neighbors have shown that they can provide quiet borders, Israel has reciprocated with friendship. It's tragic: all that passionate, bloodthirsty hatred on one side, for a people who, with a very few exceptions, would much rather relate to you as friends and equals. Last thought: how many times have you seen Jews rallying and screaming "death to Iran? Death to Saudi! Death to Muslims!" Have you EVER seen that? Of course not. But you have probably seen lots and lots of rallies where Muslim groups are yelling "Death to Israel!" and calling the Jews pigs and monkeys -- despite the fact that neither Iran nor KSA has ever been attacked by Israel. The truth about Ahmadinejad is that he deliberately foments this kind of hatred for political reasons. You may have forgotten what was going on before he started the Holocaust denial stuff and the wipe-Israel-off-the-map stuff: the Israelis had withdrawn from Gaza, Pakistan and others were talking to Jews and Israelis and there were groups in the Muslim world calling for dialog with Jews and Israel. Ahmadinejad's policies have always been meant to rally Muslim extremists, put Muslim moderates on the defensive and drag the region back into the kind of bloodshed and chaos conflict that has since occurred. THAT is the destructive, sociopathic force at the heart of the Iranian regime today. Will I trust you, Abdullah? Sure. Show me your goodwill, and I'll do that. Will I trust Ahmadinejad? Never. He is as anti-Semitic as al Qaeda, and is far more dangerous.
40. he is not an anti-semite, but he is a murderer
Herbert Kaine ,   Hebron,Israel   (09.22.06)
He denied being an anti-Semite, but he didnt deny being a murderer. Someone should have asked him about Ron Arad, Baumel, and the other missing Israeli soldiers
41. Thankfully world is not listening, but watching this psycho.
D- ,   San Diego, USA   (09.22.06)
42. Ahmadinejad is really not a man
jerome ,   basalt, co   (09.22.06)
He says he is not anti-jewish. It's obvious when he lies because his mouth is moving.
43. HE IS SEMITIC
American ,   USA   (09.22.06)
so how can he be anti-semtic- ?? he is ARAB- a Semite. and really, from reading these talkbacks its you jewish semtics that are anti-semtic- against ARAB semites- you cant even stay calm enough to really listen to him before prejudice,pre judgement and paranoi and anger freak your brain out- try to relax for once and HEAR what he is saying.
44. 37 Dont be flaky FM you missed him in his
freedom ,   canada   (09.22.06)
film where he was chanting "Death to Israel" over and over again. Do you need a wake up call. Surely that must be evidence of anti semeticism.
45. I agree, he's not anti semitic
John ,   USA   (09.22.06)
He's anti zionist. His views on the holocaust are grotesque, but like most muslims, he's not anti semitic. Remeber, it was muslims and jews fighting side by side and died together against the christian crusaders in the first crusade. And it's true, neither the arabs nor the muslims had anything to do with WW II. He's just completely ignorant and insensitive of Jewish feeling. He probably never even met a jew. I think his statements about Israel are just his bloated ego, a political move to posture himself in the muslim world. Much like chanting "death to America". It just doesn't have the same meaning to Iranians.
46. 38 Dont be more flaky,. this guy has more than
freedom ,   canada   (09.22.06)
a few screws loose. His desire for wiping Israel from the map is just more proof of the type of nut case this guy is. Are you rational?????? Have a nice day.
47. me? antisemitic? some of my best friends are jews
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (09.22.06)
does ahmedinejad have jews as his personal friends? i doubt it.
48. Dont you get it? He loves the attention he gets
Suzanne   (09.22.06)
sickening and ynet falls for it :)
49. # 43 Iranians are not Arabs
jerome ,   Bsalt, Colorado   (09.22.06)
You ask " SO HOW CAN HE BE ANTI- SEMITIC WHEN HE IS A ARAB" You obvious don't know your anti-semitic ass from a hole in the ground so youshouldn't bother to write your ignorant rants on this site.
50. #38 you don't listen so shut the F#ck up
jerome ,   basalt, co   (09.22.06)
You obviosly live in the clouds in Seattle, he said more than once he wants to wipe Israel off the face the map. This is what he means by regime change and he wants a nuclear bomb to do it! No doubt after reading the crao you wrote you don't like jews but if you had half a brain you would realize Iran having a Nuke is not a good thing.
51. Who is a Semitic?
Joshua ,   USA   (09.22.06)
In historic times all Western Asia with the exception of the peninsula of Asia Minor, was Semitic. From the philological point of view the Semitic peoples are divided into four chief Babylonian-Assyrian Semites (East Semites), Chanaanitic Semites, (West Semites), Aramaic Semites (North Semites), and Arabian Semites (South Semites). The last-named group is divided into North and South Arabians, of which last the Abyssinians are a branch. The first three groups are usually termed North Semites, in contrast to the Arabian group, or South Semites. But the classification of the Babylonian with the Aramaic and Chanaanitic Semites is not permissible from the philological point of view. For more read this: www.newadvent.org/cathen/13706a.htm
52. Remember
Steve ,   Dayton, USA   (09.22.06)
Just remember what he said last October during Rosh Hashanah. I believe he called for the nation of Israel to be wiped off the map.
53. Definition of semite or semitic - Webster
Frank ,   New York, USA   (09.22.06)
1 a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs b : a descendant of these peoples 2 : a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language
54. Nuclear Suicide
Matt Dickinson ,   Duluth, Georgia   (09.22.06)
It does not make sense that Iran would attack Israel with nuclear bombs. They know that if they do this America will attack them. And if America attacks Iran, after they do something like destroy Jerusalem with a nuclear bomb, then all of Iran will be destroyed, and probably much of the surrounding lands of the Middle East. They know that we would destroy all life in Iran. So why would they attack Israel with a nuclear bomb? I can only wonder if American and Israeli Jews do not realize what firepower the U.S. military has. We have enough nuclear bombs to wipe out, well, all life on the planet. I don't know why we are being egged on like this to use them.
55. FYI
Persian CAT   (09.22.06)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm
56. #49. Another reason
Persian CAT   (09.22.06)
that Iranians are not Arabs is that they kick the Zionists terrorists' ass hands down. Just look what happened in Lebanon lately. If it were not for Iran's help to Hezb the Southern Lebanese would be speaking Hebrew now.
57. nobody's perfect
FM ,   Seattle, USA   (09.22.06)
Look, I'm not trying to say Ahmadnejad's perfect or without flaws. I'm only trying to correct some of the crazy things people say about him. I'll admit I haven't seen every single thing out there, and I've never seen this "film" that "freedom, canada" was talking about, BUT I have seen half a dozen televised interviews (foreign and domestic) and read at least as many interviews in newspapers and magazines. Maybe he's a lying politician, like the rest of them, but he seems sincere; he seems honest, and more importantly I've NEVER heard him say ANY of the things that get attributed to him--by OTHER people. In fact, he's ALWAYS addressing those very issues and re-stating his position over and over. If he said "death to Israel" I've never seen it--put up the link and I'll watch it. He seems like a very intelligent, articulate, believable person. When compared to total idiots like Bush, or twisted war-mongers like Sharon & Netanyahu , he's like a breath of fresh air. He's not in bed with America and he's not afraid of Israel. He stands up and sticks to his rights. I think that makes him dangerous to Israel and America--who would rather everyone cowered in fear of them. The issue of nukes is a repeat of the run-up to the Iraq war, and the charges are just as baseless. What people need to understand is that factions within Israel and the US are trying to reshape the middle east to their own liking, for their own selfish purposes. It has nothing to do with real threats or the benefits to the average Israeli or American. It has everything to do with control, money and power. Check out PNAC's "Rebuilding America's Defenses" and "A Clean Break"; they spell out their gameplan in detail. They NEED excuses that the public will fall for--mostly based on FEAR. Don't fall for it. Let's suppose Iran really DID want nukes (just for argument's sake) so what? Many nations have nukes and it doesn't seem to make any difference, because no one is about to use them. India & Pakistan have them; US & UK, Russia & Israel (even though Israel keeps lying about it) SO WHAT?!?!? I'd think the US would be the biggest threat to ANYONE: not only do we have nukes, AND WE'VE USED THEM, but we've shown over and over again that we are willing to go and attack people that have NEVER attacked or threatened us. What about that? And people are so worried about Iran? Sounds like you're listening to the wrong people. If I were an Israeli, I'd be worried about a lot of things--especially the karmic payback for all the terrible things your nation has done--absolutely shameful. So I'm not surprised that they're worried. I'd be worried too. That's part of the price of your sin. Same goes for America.
58. Ahmadinejad
PA ,   USA   (09.22.06)
He's the devil's puppet.
59. Most of you are nuts!
A Human being ,   UK   (09.23.06)
1. Iran has no nuclear weapons. 2. IAEA has report that Iran is10 years at the very least away from making any sort of nuclear weapon. and that is if they were given the right equipment which they don't even have. 3. The russians are building the Nuclear power stations for them not the Iranians. Why would Russia build them Nulcear weapon facilities??? Why don't you all go learn some history and actually do some f'ing research and stop listening to Fox "News" and the Neocon warmongering Bush lovers out there. If you did maybe we can stop a massive Nuking of the Middle East and the MURDER of thousands if not millions of innocent Human beings by Bush and Dick. USA, UK, Israel, Governments (not the people) are The real Axis of Evil.
60. idiot#57
jerome ,   basalt, co   (09.23.06)
your a bigger idot than I thought
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