| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm sure we all condemn anti-semitism in all it's forms right? | |
| Posted by: | David Ainsworth | |
| Date/Time: | 20/05/26 08:27:00 |
| "Israel must be wiped off the map'(Ayatollah Khomenei)." "The phrase "Israel must be wiped off the map" is widely attributed to former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who used it to quote the founder of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during a 2005 speech. Context and Controversy:Ahmadinejad's Quote (2005): During the "World Without Zionism" conference in Tehran, Ahmadinejad said: "As the imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map". The Translation Dispute: While initially translated by many media outlets, including the BBC and The New York Times, as "wiped off the map," some experts and observers argue a more accurate Farsi translation is "vanish from the page of time" or "must be removed from the scene of history". Reiteration: Despite debates over the translation, the phrase was repeated by Iranian officials on several occasions, such as in 2008 when Ahmadinejad stated: "the Zionist Regime of Israel... will under God's grace be wiped off the map". Khomeini's Position:Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the 1979 revolution, held a consistent ideological position that Israel was an "illegitimate regime" and a "cancerous tumor" that should be removed from the region. International Reaction:The comments caused widespread international condemnation, with many Western nations and organizations, such as the World Jewish Congress, viewing it as a threat to a UN member state and a call for violence." If you want "facts", Britain and Zionists destroyed the possibility of a Palestine, and Netanyahu is completing it pn the ground. Just watch the changing maps of the West Bank and Gaza. |