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Iranian-Swiss gas deal irks Israel
Neta Sela
Published: 19.03.08, 19:59
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1. Ya, she better get used to wearing Burkas
tFighterPilot   (03.19.08)
Soon all Europe will be wearing it :)
2. BUT IT'S OK FOR ISRAEL TO SELL FUEL TO GAZA FOR ELECTRICITY?
stude ham   (03.19.08)
What's the difference here? The swiss cheesers are also doing business with israel's enemies. so the israel foot stomping is more bluster than substance.
3. Suisse people
Esteban ,   Argentina / Suisse   (03.19.08)
Swiss people are nowadays very busy protesting the invasion of Tibet. IF the US would invade China to liberate Tibet, the Swiss (and the world) would protest loudly on the streets against the US. Swiss dealt with the nazis 60 years ago, now they deal with Islamists. History repeats itself. Swiss people are idiotic and live in a bubble with no idea what the real world is about. They are disgusting.
4. WOWWW this is a wonderful picture.
Mezhad ,   Isfahan   (03.19.08)
The swiss woman that covers their head is a peacemaker,i have no doubts.Swiss people are intelligent persons.I support strong relationshid with friendly swich people.Muslims and cristians have to work together,for a new world.
5. SWISS-IRAN DEAL
Ger ,   Raanana, Israel`   (03.19.08)
"In Ital, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." Orson Welles in THE THIRD MAN
6. nr. 5
muggi ,   switzerland   (03.19.08)
put that to the end wich says, that even the kuckucks watch was made by germans.
7. Welcome to Eurabia, home of the slaves and anti-semites.
David ,   Boston, USA   (03.19.08)
While I am generalizing. It is true of many. Switzerland has never really been Neutral. They play all sides.
8. Well done frau Ray .....
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9. Why doesn't Israel
Libneniyyeh ,   Beirut/Canada   (03.19.08)
mind her own business? If the Swiss government wishes to do business with Iran that is their choice. Now that people here know what is taking place, all the ridiculous racist comments pop up. If you're not in league with the fundamental Israeli right, then you're responsible for whichever occupation, disaster, stereotype that ever was made about your country or that your country was ever involved in. And if the woman is wearing a light head cover out of respect for the culture she is situated in, that does not render her a burqa clad convert.
10. Swiss-German, Swiss-Iran
maybe ,   JUSA   (03.19.08)
Swiss helped the Nazis, by allowing them to hide their stolen property. Swiss now helping Iranians. Iran preaches anti-semitism comparable to that of the Nazis. There has to be some sort of conspiracy theory there somewhere.
11. 7
Libneniyyeh ,   Beirut/Canada   (03.19.08)
"Switzerland has never really been Neutral. They play all sides." Isnt that kind of an oxymoron? And to be neutral you must only play with Israel?
12. Is there anything that does not "outrage" Israel?
Persian CAT   (03.19.08)
Why so sensitive? When is Israel going to learn that Iran has existed many, many more years than Israel and other countries do not have to get permission from the Zionist jihadis to business with Iran?
13. Good, hope it irks and irks and irks
Chanalau, Tova ,   London, UK   (03.19.08)
And what Irks Israel the most is that all those lovely Swiss Francs are going into someone else's pockets and not its own.
14. Would someone just give Chanalau a good shtup already!
Jake   (03.19.08)
15. i'm Swiss and I'm deeply ashamed. Terrible...
leonardo ,   zurich   (03.19.08)
16. Swiss - Iranian deal
Spencer ,   Israel   (03.19.08)
There is a difference between neutrality and doing business with a state that sponsers terrorism. Someboby should remind Switzerland what neutrality means.
17. Here is a hint for Israelis!
IRAN#1   (03.19.08)
Quit whinning all the time and for stupid reasons and maybe the world will take your pissing and moaning seriously next time!
18. me too, i am swiss and i am disgusted and
bruno ,   bouxwiller   (03.20.08)
ashamed about the ignoble foreign minister. she is a shame and nobody stops her. i can't believe it although i always had the impression she would do everything in order to satisfy her low ambitions.
19. the cuckoo clock, to 5
bruno ,   bouxwiller   (03.20.08)
is not from Switzerland.
20. Nobody Cares if Israel is Irked
Johan Odin ,   Oslo, Norway   (03.20.08)
Switzerland is part of a growing number of nations around the world that couldn't give a damn what the US or insignificant Israel thinks or wants. The US wants only to control the world oil supply, and Israel's only concern is that it can continue to suck of America's taxpayer’s tit. Switzerland is simply looking out for the interests of its own people. Swiss leaders recognize that the US petrol dollar monopoly is soon going to be a thing of the past as is the need for energy to be traded through US exchanges, so it is forging its own direct relationships with oil and gas suppliers to ensure its long term energy supply, something that you will soon see many other countries following their lead
21. #20 We care, speak for yourself
Lina ,   USA   (03.20.08)
Actually this photo and oil deal suggest Switzerland will get in bed with a terror state for oil.
22. # 7 David but its beats homophobia in Boston
Simon ,   TA Israel   (03.20.08)
Hay David< it seems you should be the last one to scream anti semetism when you your self in previous postings promote homophobia?
23. #9 - Burka clad convert
Scott ,   Haifa   (03.20.08)
Not yet anyway... She and everyone else is still an 'infidel' in his (maybe yours) book of Shariya.
24. Doing deals with Terror sponsor, Holocaust deniers - LOW ACT
Scott   (03.20.08)
The Swiss have prostituted themselves by dealing with Iran. I can see a few Swiss have made it clear that they aren't happy about it either. The world will rue these days of ignoring this evil Iranian regime.
25.  Nuclear Iran.
Jean Van Daem   (03.20.08)
Nuclearization of Iran must be discussed in the context of the Islamic Revolution, which was dubbed by Ayatollah Khomeini not merely as a domestic anti-Shah upheaval in Iran, but as a global Islamic movement designed to extricate Islam from its submissive torpor and launch it to prominence as a world power. In this pursuit, Iran has become one of Israel’s most vehement enemies, framing its grievances around religious doctrine and anti-Semitic invective, making conflict with the Jewish state all the more insoluble. Indeed, injecting these elements into an already difficult political situation makes finding solutions seemingly impossible due the absolute demands made by defenders of their faith who refuse to negotiate or compromise as described at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/01/nuclear-power-and-anti-semitism.html
26. #21 Lina - America is in no position to point fingres
Johan, Odin ,   Oslow, Norway   (03.20.08)
The USA has no problem today being in bed with the Saudis for their oil even though nearly all of those responsible for the 9/11 attack came from Saudi Arabia and Al-Queda leader Bin Laden himself is the son of oil partners and good friends of your president himself. And your country had no problem supporting Saddam while it suited you oil needs, or even the brutal dictator the Shah of Iran as long as its oil was cheaply available to fill America's tanks. Those like yourself who are living in glass houses really should not throw stones.
27. #3 - SHAME ON US!!! - But us only ?
Mike ,   Bern, Switzerland   (03.20.08)
While Angela Merkel is in Israel, Miss Calmy-Rey is literally pactizing with the devil in Iran. It goes against the UN sanctions and actually shows a disturbing support for this extremely dangerous regime. The veil problem has sparked a huge scandal here in Switzerland. I want to make sure everybody here understands that we (the Swiss) do not support such stupid acts of our supposedly neutral minister of foreign affairs. She's been accumulating mistakes from day 1. # To Esteban from Argentina -> Switzerland does not deny having cooperated in WWII. But still, most nazi criminals have been found in YOUR country. What do you have to say about that ?
28. #25 Jean you need to wakeup
Ed, LA, USA   (03.20.08)
I suguest you go on Utube or read what Imam Khoneini stood for and how he saved the identity, sovereignity, honor and respect of Iranian culture and soul. A man of peace should not be taken as warmonger. We are the warmongers bend on raping their country. Learn what we did to Iran from 1920s to 1978 then make a judgment of him. Our leaders are scums compared to him.
29. To # 24 Jewish Genocide
Ed, LA, USA   (03.20.08)
Scott, please do some reading and stay away from main stream media. The holocaust was never denied by Iran only that of the question of its severity. The true Genocide deniers are the Zionist who do not recognize what Turks did to the Armenians because they are scared of loosing Turkish support. To me this is a disgrace to all the good Jews of the world. The only ones who can really understand the suffering of a race subject to such savagery are the ones denying it to Armos. Where is Jewish pride there?
30. #21, if you really care
IRAN#1   (03.21.08)
Write to your representetives and complain about the USA being in bed with the likes of S. Arabia, Pakistan and Israel.
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