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Dershowitz: Prosecute Ahmadinejad over 'incitement to genocide'
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Alan Dershowitz 

Leading American Jewish attorney and civil libertarian Alan Dershowitz on Friday called for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be prosecuted for "incitement to genocide."

Dershowitz presented his case in a post published Friday on the Weblog of Canadian newspaper the National Post.

Dershowitz, who is well-known as a defender of free speech, argued - using the example of Ahmadinejad - that incitement to genocide should be criminalized because it is an instruction rather than an idea to be debated.
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"It is closely analogous to the incitements to genocide that have been punished in Rwanda," Dershowitz wrote of the Iranian president's continuous references to Israel's destruction.

Ahmadinejad has called for Israel's elimination in the past, although his exact remarks have been disputed. Some translators say he has called for Israel to be wiped off the map. Others say a better translation would be vanish from the pages of time - implying Israel would disappear on its own rather than be destroyed.

"It is the equivalent of a military order given by a commander to his troops or by a mafia don to his soldiers," Dershowitz wrote in the blog post.

"It is to be followed without question or dissent. In this respect it is the antithesis of freedom of speech, the opposite of the marketplace of ideas. It closes off discussion, debate and dissent."

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      1.   Prosecute Ahmadinajat and Dershowitz 17:08  |  Sam 16/05/09
      2.   how about lieberman 17:12  |  jorge 16/05/09
      3.   The Nutty Professor III 17:17  |  John 16/05/09
      4.   Lieberman`s incitment of ethnic cleansing? Kosher?Huh? 17:18  |  Joe 16/05/09
      5.   Mr. Fake 17:24  |  BazMann 16/05/09
      6.   Prof Der is an idiot 17:25  |  Canadian 16/05/09
      7.   Lieberman`s incitment of ethnic cleansing? Kosher?Huh? 17:26  |  Joe 16/05/09
      8.   Aye right... 17:53  |  Vernon Marriott 16/05/09
      9.   do the same to Dershowitz 18:00  |  anti-racist 16/05/09
      10.   Dershowitz Incitement 18:00  |  DaveS 16/05/09
      11.   Derschowitz? 18:06  |  Steven Kopf 16/05/09
      12.   Stop Demonizing Ahmadinejad 18:12  |  Rainbow Warrior 16/05/09
      13.   Incitement to genocide? 18:16  |  Harold 16/05/09
      14.   It Is Lieberman Who Is Inciting Genocide 18:26  |  Binyamin 16/05/09
      15.   You`re the one who should be prosecuted 18:31  |  BEN 16/05/09
      16.   Why is this news? Dershowitz says ridiculous things all the time 18:32  |  Tarik 16/05/09
      17.   dershowitz who? 18:40  |  Alex Elderman 16/05/09
      18.   Dershowitz a Civil Libertarian? That`s Funny! 19:06  |  Raoul Fenderson 16/05/09
      19.   Ahmadinejad is al-Dajjal 19:48  |  Khadijah bint Khuway 16/05/09
      20.   jews do exactly the same thing 20:54  |  Irrelevent 16/05/09
      21.   civil libertarian and defender of free speech? 21:08  |  Brian 16/05/09
      22.   Canadian, all other Canadians should be shamed to have you 21:21  |  Dan 16/05/09
      23.   Educate yourself Rainbow Warrior 21:24  |  Dan 16/05/09
      24.   Palestinas went for 400000 to 6M; some genocide 21:38  |  Dan 16/05/09
      25.   Dershowitz: A wing-nut with a title. 22:08  |  Hanna 16/05/09
      26.   Dershowitz is an angel compared with posts here 22:38  |  Israeli citizen 16/05/09
      27.   Ahmadinejad and his Denial of Holocause 23:07  |  T. Hussain 16/05/09
      28.   Yes He is a genocide inciter 00:03  |  Baruch Gold 17/05/09
      29.   prosrcute ahmadinejad? 01:21  |  Leon 17/05/09
      30.   Civil Libertarian?????? 02:05  |  Honest John 17/05/09
      31.   Well, that`s one mystery solved.... 02:18  |  Johnboy 17/05/09
      32.   Dershowitz is a loon 02:36  |  Dave 17/05/09
      33.   should i laugh or should i cry 02:44  |  oz 17/05/09
      34.   Words worse then torture 04:40  |  Navy Vet 17/05/09
      35.   interesting 06:37  |  potobac 17/05/09
      36.   Johnboy, Ahmadinejad is not a protected species 09:00  |  Peter Williams 17/05/09
      37.   The people who should be prosecuted today are Israeli officials 13:12  |  Dutch 17/05/09
      38.   #34 A terrific non-sequitor, Peter Williams 16:41  |  Johnboy 17/05/09
      39.   Dershowitz vs. Ahmadinejad 00:52  |  Tom 18/05/09
      40.   Liberal love to defend our enemies and attack our friends 07:47  |  Alan 18/05/09
      41.   Dershowitz: Prosecute Ahmadinejad over `incitement to genocide` 16:40  |  Larry E. Bigham 18/05/09
      42.   Ahmadinejad is a racist 00:32  |  J Flory 29/05/09
      43.   Ahmadinejad and his equal rights state 03:32  |  Frank Idzikowski 29/05/09
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