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Last update - 00:00 22/05/2006
Hardline Iranian students set up 'fund for demolishing Israel'
By The Associated Press
 

A group of Iranian students announced Sunday at an event attended by a high-ranking member of the elite Revolutionary Guard that they were setting up a fund to destroy Israel.

Although the initiative's name - "The Student Fund for Demolishing Israel" - brings to mind President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call last year to destroy the Jewish state, an organizer said its goal was to support the cash-strapped Palestinian government.

Some 300 students attended the event hosted by a group calling itself the Movement of Justice-seeking Students at the University of Tehran.
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"This is a symbolic move to attract public attention to the Palestinian cause at a time when Western countries have halted financial support to the Hamas-led government," Javad Miri, the group's spokesman, told The Associated Press.

"When an elected government is in power in Palestine and Israel is pressuring it, everybody should help the Palestinians," Miri added.

The United States and the European Union halted most of their aid to the Palestinian Authority following Hamas' victory in Palestinian legislative elections in January, requiring that the group renounce violence and recognize Israel. Popular campaigns to collect money for the Palestinians have been launched in several Arab countries.

A general in the elite Revolutionary Guards, Saeed Ghassemi, struck a militaristic note in his address to the crowd. "Resistance is the only solution for Palestinians," he said.

"If you abandon the sword, that will be the beginning of your end," he advised Hamas.

But the response to the call for donations was hardly overwhelming. About 10 students dropped money into a box labeled with the fund's name. They also put stones in the box in a symbolic gesture of solidarity that alluded to the first Palestinian intifada, or uprising, when youths pelted Israeli soldiers with rocks.

"I hope it's the start of popular financial support for the Hamas government," Einollah Zarrinjoo, 21, a male philosophy student said.

Mahin Rezai, 20, a female Persian literature student said, "We are ready to support Palestinians by any means. Silence could make the situation worse."

In April, Iran said it would give the Palestinian Authority $50 million in aid.

Last year, Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a myth and that Israel should be wiped out.

Apparently taking a cue from the president, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced plans to hold a conference to examine evidence of the Holocaust. The hard-line Association of Muslim Journalists has also proposed a similar event. Dates have not been set for either.

Iran is currently home to about 25,000 Jews who are represented by a Jewish lawmaker in parliament. About 75,000 left the country after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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  1.   THE JEWISH STATE PLAN 03:19  |  MEIR WEINSTEIN 22/05/06
  2.   Too bad, Iranians used to civilized human beings 03:56  |  Nechama 22/05/06
  3.   Iranian "Students" 04:24  |  dave 22/05/06
  4.   Exceptional idea 04:35  |  Murray 22/05/06
  5.   fund for demolishing Israel 04:36  |  David 22/05/06
  6.   #1 Meir Weinstein 07:25  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/05/06
  7.   Symbolic move? What a crock! 07:32  |  Daniel 22/05/06
  8.   Meir Weinstein # 1 07:50  |  PJ 22/05/06
  9.   blind conviction 08:00  |  Antarinejad 22/05/06
  10.   I Still Think A Cartoon War Would Win! 08:16  |  Sam The Sham 22/05/06
  11.   Re#8 PJ 08:32  |  Meir Weinstein 22/05/06
  12.   Palestinians as tool for destroying Israel 08:48  |  The Doc 22/05/06
  13.   Just another small sign that` nuclear Iran` must be prevented 09:18  |  Shalom Freedman 22/05/06
  14.   #11 Meir Wenstein 09:44  |  Yonatan 22/05/06
  15.   Meir 10:27  |  Stephen 22/05/06
  16.   They should join Gush Shalom,the same purpose 10:42  |  Absolute Sweden 22/05/06
  17.   Note it is to destroy Israel NOT aid the Palestinians. 10:50  |  PETER SM 22/05/06
  18.   Get those 25.000 out of there, FAST ! 11:06  |  Casey 22/05/06
  19.   A question to all Muslim Israel-haters here 11:50  |  Avrum 22/05/06
  20.   #18 - Many don`t want to be rescued 12:01  |  Yael 22/05/06
  21.   tit for tat 12:10  |  Sidney 22/05/06
  22.   Their words your terror 12:25  |  Steve 22/05/06
  23.   To Nechama in Sidney 12:32  |  John 22/05/06
  24.   so happy ? 12:45  |  arab 22/05/06
  25.   1 OR 2 BOMBS 12:47  |  indrajaya 22/05/06
  26.   Racist, evil state 12:51  |  Student 22/05/06
  27.   I do not like conspiracy theories, but... 13:13  |  Mark 22/05/06
  28.   Gush Shalom, ... etc 13:43  |  Absolute Sweden 2.0 22/05/06
  29.   Student # 13:58  |  Roland 22/05/06
  30.   Seeds and Stones 14:05  |  Ronnie Wolman 22/05/06
  31.   Are they collecting for Sudanese victims of Arab rape murder and 14:10  |  PETER SM 22/05/06
  32.   John; Netherlands 15:26  |  Nechama 22/05/06
  33.   Spare us your conspiracy theories Mark of Amsterdam 16:16  |  Jacob Blues 22/05/06
  34.   The problem is seen from the slogans 16:25  |  Jacob Blues 22/05/06
  35.   Cipora 16:27  |  Gabe1 22/05/06
  36.   No fair Avrum, it`s a trick question 16:28  |  Jacob Blues 22/05/06
  37.   Cipora #2 16:35  |  Gabe1 22/05/06
  38.   Rolan: your criminals bred the suicide bombers 16:37  |  student 22/05/06
  39.   PEter SM...were you there at Abu Ghraib? 16:39  |  Nir 22/05/06
  40.   Ronnie off the Wall Man #30 16:43  |  Gabe1 22/05/06
  41.   Bloodholism and alcoholism an enemy of humanity. 17:00  |  simon 22/05/06
  42.   NIR No Iwas busy exhuming hundreds of thousands murdered by Sadam 17:11  |  PETER SM 22/05/06
  43.   PJ 17:23  |  GABE1 22/05/06
  44.   Why don`t they just contribute to already existing FUNDS like.... 17:55  |  Aryah 22/05/06
  45.   Reason for Israel hatred 18:00  |  Ben Gurion 22/05/06
  46.   Reason for Israel haterd 18:06  |  Ben Gurion 22/05/06
  47.   to all Iranian fund raisers 18:20  |  Davka 22/05/06
  48.   Yael, several recent escapees from Iran live in my community 18:23  |  Noam 22/05/06
  49.   Fund 18:35  |  MRZIPCODE 22/05/06
  50.   Student #38 18:44  |  Roland 22/05/06
  51.   student @ 38 18:56  |  Christina 22/05/06
  52.   Meir Weinstein 19:24  |  Canadian 22/05/06
  53.   Iran and Israel 19:30  |  Palestinian 22/05/06
  54.   I agree with BG 100% 19:40  |  Khalid Amayreh 22/05/06
  55.   To Roland and Chrisina 19:54  |  Absolute Sweden 2.0 22/05/06
  56.   stona age country stone age students 20:30  |  mehmet 22/05/06
  57.   Khalid 20:39  |  Davka 22/05/06
  58.   $50 million in aid means 50 million for weapons of terror. 20:41  |  LENNY 22/05/06
  59.   Khalid...and YOU want peace?? 20:46  |  SHIMON 22/05/06
  60.   This could grow. Palestinians and Israel must make peace 20:49  |  Iranian-American 22/05/06
  61.   Khalid...the difference between Israel and Palestinians 20:49  |  SHIMON 22/05/06
  62.   Student 20:52  |  SHIMON 22/05/06
  63.   #54..Khalid 20:52  |  Barry 22/05/06
  64.   student, try balming yourself for a change 20:54  |  SHIMON 22/05/06
  65.   John #23 21:02  |  Daniel 22/05/06
  66.   Nothing new Iranian-American 21:08  |  Jacob Blues 22/05/06
  67.   Avrum #19 Yes it is a sin for Muslims to kill Muslims 21:09  |  Murray 22/05/06
  68.   #56 mehmet: Nothing Israel does or doesn`t do matters in this 21:13  |  CLL 22/05/06
  69.   Gabe1...regime change hapening in Iran...SLOWLY 21:19  |  Iranian-American 22/05/06
  70.   Canadian #52 do you have an opinion on the issue 21:27  |  peter 22/05/06
  71.   Grass Roots Jacob Blue 21:54  |  Iranian-American 22/05/06
  72.   Actually I-A, I want everyone to be my friend 22:06  |  Jacob Blues 22/05/06
  73.   World`s future 22:07  |  RH 22/05/06
  74.   Note to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 22:12  |  Nat Weinstein 22/05/06
  75.   iran 22:13  |  Frank 22/05/06
  76.   Student 22:17  |  Connie 22/05/06
  77.   Student (continued) 22:21  |  Connie 22/05/06
  78.   Absolute Sweden 2.0 #55 22:23  |  Roland 22/05/06
  79.   Oh its nice to see smart people 22:24  |  Iranian-American 22/05/06
  80.   Gabe1 off the wall post 22:29  |  Ronnie Wolman 22/05/06
  81.   #38..Student 22:32  |  Barry 22/05/06
  82.   #46, Ben Gurion 22:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/05/06
  83.   Frank of London 22:47  |  Iranian-American 22/05/06
  84.   #35, Gabe1 1 23:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/05/06
  85.   to no 23 John 23:12  |  Danny 22/05/06
  86.   Ciopra #82 23:23  |  Iranian-American 22/05/06
  87.   Gabe1 2 23:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/05/06
  88.   Theories and fantasies; Cipora JK #82 23:45  |  Ben Gurion 22/05/06
  89.   Roland, have you ever tried to become a better person? 23:52  |  Absolute Sweden 2.0 22/05/06
  90.   Jewish people of Iran 23:54  |  Iranian-American 22/05/06
  91.   To Barry 23:59  |  Absolute Sweden 2.0 22/05/06
  92.   My Dear Jews 00:27  |  Danite 23/05/06
  93.   Hit first or be hit first 00:28  |  tom 23/05/06
  94.   #86, Iranian-American 00:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/05/06
  95.   Ben Gurion Ma? 00:32  |  Danite 23/05/06
  96.   HITLER YOUTH 00:35  |  TOBIA 23/05/06
  97.   HITLER YOUTH 00:35  |  TOBIA 23/05/06
  98.   A kiss to Iranian-American from Israel 00:41  |  Avrum 23/05/06
  99.   #90..Absolute Sweden 2.o 00:50  |  Barry 23/05/06
  100.   If Israel deals with Iran 00:56  |  Efox 23/05/06
  101.   Absolute Sweden 2.0 01:00  |  Roland 23/05/06
  102.   Sam the sham 01:03  |  Omar 23/05/06
  103.   #88, Ben Gurion 01:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/05/06
  104.   A Hug for Avrum 01:50  |  Iranian-American 23/05/06
  105.   Advantages of an Israeli attack on Iran for Avrum 01:54  |  Iranian-American 23/05/06
  106.   IT`S TIME TO DEMOLISH IRAN 01:58  |  CORI 23/05/06
  107.   I NEVER KNEW IRAN HAD STUDENTS. WHAT DO THEY TEACH THEM? 02:01  |  BRANDON 23/05/06
  108.   To Ronnie 03:16  |  Seanirl 23/05/06
  109.   # 107 IRAN University Curriculum 03:18  |  Daniel 23/05/06
  110.   to iranian american 03:21  |  frank 23/05/06
  111.   IRANIAN AMERICAN Jews no longer need to put with persecution or - 03:23  |  PETER SM 23/05/06
  112.   To Danite 03:25  |  Seanirl 23/05/06
  113.   #104, Iranian-American 03:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/05/06
  114.   Danite-you`re being naive 1 04:42  |  peter 23/05/06
  115.   Danite-you`re being naive 2 04:53  |  peter 23/05/06
  116.   Iranian students and their hardline 04:59  |  Isaac A Olayinka 23/05/06
  117.   Peter of Montreal #114/115 05:08  |  Gabe1 23/05/06
  118.   Peter I agree with you and sadly by osmosis with Gabe on this 05:50  |  Ronnie Wolman 23/05/06
  119.   Gabe1 #117 06:06  |  peter 23/05/06
  120.   Good Investment for the World $$$ 06:06  |  Jehovah Elohim 23/05/06
  121.   Seanirl and Salman Rushdie 06:15  |  Ronnie Wolman 23/05/06
  122.   Hello Seanirl 06:49  |  Danite 23/05/06
  123.   My Dear Peter 06:54  |  Danite 23/05/06
  124.   Re#123, Danite you are wrong 07:07  |  Meir Weinstein 23/05/06
  125.   Islamist Occupation of Iran 09:06  |  PARVIZ 23/05/06
  126.   Palestinian In Jerusalem 09:28  |  Sam The Sham 23/05/06
  127.   Omar: It Was Just A Head With A Fuse! 09:37  |  Sam The Sham 23/05/06
  128.   No Hugs Iranian-American! 09:40  |  Sam The Sham 23/05/06
  129.   Iran and its dilemma 09:50  |  Anubhav 23/05/06
  130.   to Meir Weinstein #1 11:08  |  Zeev 23/05/06
  131.   Meir #124, you are wrong 12:23  |  Zeev 23/05/06
  132.   #107 daniel 17:15  |  brandon 23/05/06
  133.   ISLAMIC OCCUPATION OF JEWISH IRANIAN LAND 20:27  |  DAVE 23/05/06
  134.   To Danite 00:03  |  Seanirl 24/05/06
  135.   British-Islamic Revolution 21:08  |  Parviz 24/05/06
  136.   to Meir: Creating Enemies 21:26  |  Goodman 12/06/06
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