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Ahmadinejad on Israel and the Middle East

Does Ahmadinejad mean “Israel as a Jewish State”.  I for one, cannot understand why Israeli leaders insist on calling the place “A Jewish State”.  They’ve got Muslims, and Christians and atheists , and who knows what else living there.  Not everybody in Israel is Jewish.  Why can’t Israel be a secular State, like plenty of other countries are – with recognition of all religions?  – Christina Macpherson
Ahmadinejad says no place for Israel in new Middle East August 18, 2012  Business RECORDER  Many thousands of Iranians shouted “Death to America, death to
Israel” during state-organised protests on Friday and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told them there was no place for the Jewish state in a future Middle East. Iran, penalised by tough Western sanctions, faces the threat of an Israeli or US military strike on its disputed
nuclear facilities.

With popular uprisings reshaping the region, the Islamic Republic is
also trying to prevent the overthrow of its closest Arab ally, Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad. “You want a new Middle East? We do too, but
in the new Middle East there will be no trace of the American presence
and the Zionists,” Ahmadinejad told worshippers at Tehran University
in an event broadcast live on state television.

The Iranian leader, whose own authority is under challenge from
hard-liners as well as reformers, was restating Tehran’s familiar
goals as the Middle East undergoes a very different upheaval from the
1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the US-backed Shah and brought
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power.

“Saving the existence of the Zionist regime (Israel) is a joint
commitment by most arrogant Western governments,” Ahmadinejad said in
a speech to mark the annual Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day decreed by
Khomeini and held on the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month
of Ramadan. He called for Muslim unity to foil Western support for
Israel, which he described as a “cancerous tumour” for its occupation
of Palestinian land. ….
http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1229064/

August 18, 2012 - Posted by | Christina's notes

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