Ahmadinejad tells Iran protesters: Israel too weak to attack our nuclear facilities
Late supreme leader grand ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan as Quds (Jerusalem) Day and called for mass rallies against Israel and in support of the Palestinians.
By The Associated Press Tags: Israel news Iran Middle East peaceIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told supporters across Iran on Friday that Israel and its allies were too weak to attack the Islamic nation's nuclear facilities, , as protesters gathered nationwide for anti-Israel rallies as part of the the 31st annual Al-Quds Day.
Ahmadinejad was quoted by the local IRNA news agency as saying in a pre-sermon address at Tehran University that Israel was endangering the dignity and culture of the world in its quest for survival and victory.
The late supreme leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, grand ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan as Quds (Jerusalem) Day and called for mass rallies against Israel and in support of the Palestinians.
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Escorted by bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, is greeted by well wishers on Jerusalem Day, in Tehran, Sept. 3, 2010. |
| Photo by: AP / Vahid Salemi |
The rallies this year coincided with the first direct Middle East peace talks in almost two years, in Washington, where U.S. President Barack Obama was hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
In his address, Ahmadinejad also also dismissed the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, saying the fate of Palestine would be decided in Palestine and through resistance and not in Washington.
According to Iranian state media, millions of people were expected to attend the state-run rallies throughout the country and voice their support for Palestinians and the "liberation of their lands from the Zionist regime's [Israel's] occupation."
"Today millions of people will shout out their will for liberation of the holy Quds from the devil's claw of Zionists," the Fars news agency reported.
Iran does not recognize Israel's sovereignty and said the only pragmatic option to resolve the Middle East conflict would be a referendum for all Palestinians, including the millions of refugees, to determine their fate.
Ahmadinejad on Wednesday predicted that the talks in Washington would once again fail because the main demand of the Palestinian people, which is an end to the Israeli occupation, was once again not being considered.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Friday described the Washington meeting as "futile compromise talks" and told ISNA news agency that "the Palestinians were smarter than being deceived by this kind of theatre."
Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani told state television Friday that "the dilemma could not be settled by theatrics staged in Washington as the Palestinian issue was not a toy but a very serious matter which solely had one solution: giving Palestinians back their rights."
During the rallies, the pro-government Basij militia group was to distribute two video games as an effort to reach the younger generation and expose "Zionists' crimes and atrocities in Palestine," state TV reported.
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The Israel lobby in US congress and their backer in Tel aviv who are the extreme lovers of Zionism are pushing hard for war with Iran..It is just a matter of time before this became a reality.
This lunatic is little more than a psychopathological and sociopathological madman. His remarks consititute deliberate provocation and triangulation. Fortunately, other Arab leaders despise him almost as much as we do. Unfortunately, they will not take the appropriate action, which would be to depose him. If we are wise, the United States and Israel will develop a coalition of the willing to defang Iran's nuclear threat before it is too late. We delay at our peril.
sounds like goading the enemy or reverse psychology, or diversion tactics. so typical of the middle east and so old. America has more reasons than Israel, and is located closer with army bases within range. Iran is a global problem trying to run away. Israel is not even interested in such verbal sparring. What Iran sees as weakness, Israel sees as strength. They are totally at opposite ends of the cultural scale.
A successful peace between Israel and the Palestinians will ruin Ahmadinejad's "raison d'être." May he not rest in peace.
Mahmoud...you keep believing that.
We WILL see
its over
Iran need to worry about its domestic problems than worrying about Palestinian problems.
Iran, and all the Palestinians better start to recognize that Isrrael is a nation, a nation stablished by G-d. read the scriptures and you will know that Israel will stay there for ever, so dont even try to go egainst it or you will regret.
"THEY DO INJUSTICE AND SAY, WE ARE MAKING PEACE" AL QURAN
Israel's dependence on US is diminishing and very, very quickly. Israel's economy is one of the fastest in the world. The technological and scientific advances in today's world are much, much more important then how much natural resources you have.. China, India, Poland and so forth know how imprtant of a player Israel is.. By the way US extracts much more profit from relationship with Israel then without... Even without US Israel has enough connections and resources not only to survive but also to thrive... Greek government is smart enough to value Israel!!
Israel's dependence on the US is a long way from diminishing, they will never be able to afford the military they have today without our help, they will not be able to sustain the occupation of Palestinian lands without our help, they will be way behind in technological advancement without America's support, so dont kid yourself Dan.
i don't think there is any logic to what you say, there is total israeli dependence on US
Poor Dan .In which world are you living ? Israel survival depends so much on yearly welfare checks it receives from American tax payers.Without that check Israel will collapse period.
if u dominate turkey from the rear do u need greece?
why do we bother even quoting this piece of rubbish?? he needs to be made irrelevant.... and that's why we need to be making peace by the way, to make fools like this irrelevant...
It looks like no one wants to claim Ahmadinejad as theirs, not the Jews, not the Armenians, not the Kurds. One Kurd said Ahmadinejad is arabic; he must certainly be looked upon as a spoiler for those with grand plans for Kurdistan, and its western oriented people. I can only think that this disdain for Ahmadinejad means these people have other plans for their countries, their economic future, which they want to remain independent of Iran and theocracy.
Every day, the major Israeli media outlets each feature some breaking 'news' item about potential war with Iran. These articles are placed strategically by the Israeli government in order to provoke emotional reactions, gauge public sentiment and over time, to build support for war against Iran. You've all been duped.
to rule the Middle East. The only hope is that regional nationalism is strong enough keep Iran from dominating the other countries in the Middle east, that plus the "carrot" of international trade boosting regional economies in the future. I don't think there is enough shiite oil money to support the rest of the Middle East on welfare. However, national independence and pride should enable these countries to continue strengthening their emerging countries through trade to better the welfare of their citizens. Syria is one example; by going towards the west and strengthening its economy, it could get free of Iranian clutches, those clutches which support the threats to Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. I read that Ahmadinejad might be of arabic descent for those interested in whether he was maybe Jewish, Armenian, or Persian. Historically, the arabs and Persians have not gotten along, plus shiites and sunnis don't get along. There are still enough differences among them to keep them from joining as one under Iranian theocracy. However, Iran still looks like a threat since it is anti-western. Boosting trade with the west worked with China; I don't see why it wouldn't work with the Middle East.
Y'see this chip on my shoulder? Boys will be boys. -RR
that Ahmedinijad is correct.
Israel has a strong army in addition with USA, EU, Saudi Arabia, Egypt & Jordan united, Iran is the very weak one
No one is permitted to make nuclear weapons. Not being an NPT member does not mean certain attack. Look at Israel, North Korea, India, and Pakistan; no one attacks their nuke sites. No war is ever justified. People create wars to satisfy their own agenda.
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told supporters across Iran on Friday that Israel and its allies were too weak to attack the Islamic nation's nuclear facilities" Only the ordinary Iranian People will suffer any israeli or American attack.
if Israel were capable of attacking them, they would have done so a long time ago, The IDF are bullies and could ONLY attack soft targets like Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, who do not have the means to defend themselves. The mighty IDF wouldn't dare try that with Iran because they know they will pay a heavy price.
We most likely will have to nuke the whole nation at this rate.
Do have the editorialists of Haaretz any opinion about Iran ? If yes, speak out!
For all of Iran's boisterous posturing, they never once dared to send a crack commando team across Israel's borders to back up their religious rhetoric, preferring rather to pay some other suckers to do so and then suffer the consequences. Khomeinei also declared back in 1982 in the thick of his brutal war with Iraq that Iran was actually fighting the War of the Liberation of Jerusalem. From the final results of that conflict, it's apparent that he thought way too much of himself and not enough about G-d, just like Iran's subsequent leaders continue to do. What Iranian scientists currently Google using cracked Microsoft operating software to research and develop their armaments industry with, Israel has already created as defensive weapons decades ago.
"preferring rather to pay some other suckers to do so and then suffer the consequences"... Iran payed Jack$h1t in 2006 and 2008-09. At best, it put the sanctions on hold... And coming from the US, I'd refrain from speaking about using others to do the dirty work. I'm not saying the US don't torture, but the CIA likes to use Afghanis and Egyptians to do that... Blackwater is another good example of the use of foreigners in a war. All my best and enjoy your Tea Party illiterates' gatherings...
For months and years Ahmadinejad has been threatening the destruction of the "Zionist entity" as he calls Israel.....if the military attacks the Iranian nuclear sites. Now that that strategy did not goad a response he is calling the country weak. One thing about this "little Napoleon" of a man is that he loves the limelight.
Does anyone think this lunatic lacks evil intentions toward Israel? His comments are nothing if not provocative. IMHO, Ahmadinejad is probably attempting to stir the pot with the express intention of increasing Iran's stature in the Arab world. Fortunately, the leaders of the other Arab nations fear him as a psychopath and sociopath almost as much as we do. IMHO, Israel and the United States ought to develop a 'coalition of the willing' to defang Ahmadinejad and mullahs. Attacking Iran alone would clearly be a high-risk venture for Israel, but there's strength in numbers.
Doesn't exist...do you really believe that those Muslim Arab nations would form a coalition with Jewish Israel to attack another Arab country. The ugly truth here is that in this scenario...Israel is the consummate lightning rod...and all the Arabs have to do is wait. If Iran attacks Israel, Iran gets spanked...if Iran doesn't attack Israel...all the worry was for naught. Everyone can afford to wait...except for the lightning rod..
Ahmedinajad is pleading. 'Please attack. Otherwise, I will lose the post-revolution born youth of Iran'. Will Israel/US help him out so that he can reclaim his lost credibility with the youth of Iran?
regimes that fail economically.
Or perhaps you're refering to just the educated, urbanised, ones (oh, wait, the vast majority of them support Ahmadinejad, too). You might want to look at what the people who actually ask Iranians what they think found, rather than what those who used their psychic abilities to proclaim what Iranians had to be thinking, even if the evidence said they were thinking something else.
the people that you see aren't normal Iranian people....they are just soldiers of Sepah and the poor people that needs mony look at this: http://up.iranblog.com/6/1262618103.jpg http://mojesabz89.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/untitled-1.jpg they goverment attacked Karubis house last night to pervent him to inter rally they fear people these are people : http://myup.ir/files/kv6fwtei5o6ml8vs37tn.jpg
The Danger of thisLUNATIC'S delegitimization campaigns should not be underestimated. This demagogue creates and reaches the Anti Semitic common denominator accross Nations, Cultures Social Strata, and selective scrupple free Economic Interests. If Israel acts, it should act at its own discretion, and preferably with full American cooperation. Sylvia Sztern-SempreLovingM.G.
will be limited to the poor and uneducated who are lured with free food and apparently anti zionist video games provided by the thug basij militia. most of the educated that are not on the revolutionary guard payroll realize that this regime is eventually going to go belly up, hopefully without having to see thousands die.
I laugh when I read about intellectuals singing the tune of Ahmedinajad. I'm seriously baffled at their intellect
Goader supreme. Tip of the hat to him.
First, they create a mass rally to counter a strong enemy and then claim the other side is too weak? What a bunch of phonies.
we all are concern about plastinain - Israeli situation, but most people are primarily concern with thier own national affairs. Iranains are no different. Only this government is trying to find an escape goat for the ills it has inflicted on its own people.
I think the plastinian escaped with the goat and now the goat is trying to escape from the plastic.
are you right in your head the things you are writing or is it only the money you get for it??????????????+
"Famous last words". What he should have said is "prepare for the worse, and hope for the best"
lol Ahmadinejad, be carefull about us the israelis because the day will come u weak up and u dint see any of ur nuk plants, u play with fire belive whe are not the usa just talking by the way: what time u wana shave your spaghety out of ur face?
Acting like a scared rat.There's no where to hide. There's no where to go. You're trapped in your own net. Wait for developments !
Of another stripe, those who brought down the Shah only to see their children killed by Ahmadinejad's troops are now deeply regretting their complacency in the rise of Khomeini to power. An important lesson for Israelis.
Sounds like a lot of people i knew in grade school.
Too bad Iranians never invented Krav Maga, or have their karate competitors finish a karate tournament when an Israeli is who they have to challenge... For a nation which doesn't have as much daily practice as the IDF, I think it's hilarious the Persian Empire speaks about who's "too weak" when the only thing Iranian soldiers do is shoot their own people in the face during election protests...
Ahmadinejad is the master of logic. Israel is indeed weak to attack Iran. Hesbollah, Iran's arm in Lebanon, is prepared 100%.
Nothing new here even your whining will be the same
Israel and the US has no time to waste in childish provocations. Give thanks to the Lord that He has not destroyed you yet. You are no Bear, More like a fly to swat down. You do not seem to understand the patience of the Lord. Hope you use it to repent from your destruction. Quit using words like "supreme" and "grand"; you are just a human being; you are nothing. It is blasphemous to use those words. You do not want to share in the destiny of the Satan who will use those terms in the future. Do you want to burn with him forever?
please note politicians around the world by and large do not reperesent the majority, particulary in Iran where with the manner this man seized the power. You can see it it the US, Isreal and Europe too. Please do not mix up people with politicians please.
Israel's effect on the World's dignity: - More Nobel prizes for Science, Medicine, Arts and Economics than any other counry in the Middle East. A moral and ethical nation, based on the oldest and divine set of values of the Abrahamic religions. Iran's effect on World dignitiy: Virtually no contributions in any area of academic or scientific endeavour. Murders anti-goverment protesters. Supports terrorism globally. Covers-up nuclear proliferation. Mr. Ahmadinejad, what tricks are you trying to pull now? The world is too well-informed; stop wasting your time and just be honest.
It seems to me that Sweden slowly but firmly according to your criteria qualifies to be understood as Irans loyal follower! The local culture is a Master in Hypocrycy and a potential Prize Winner in the Cover Up = legitimization of all totalitarian coercion driven Grisly formal and informal structures. Sylvia Sztern-SempreLovingM.G.
clever leader; stupid followers! Irans leaders should spend more time and effort to improve economy and the lives of its people. history repeats!
millions of iranian people will dream their will for liberation of Iran from the devil's claws of Pasdarans, but they won't shout it out for fear of being shot at
Ahmedinajad is only showing his fear at this point. He's terrified of being isolated so he needs to rally support anywhere he can now. I mean I can understand why. With the amount of money and weapons Iran has pumped into the terror cell Hamas, Ahmedinajad is afraid that he will not see a return on his investment, if Abbas happens to strike a deal in Washington. The true irony is that Iranian citizens are more "occupied" than the Palestinians. At LEAST a Palestinian in the West Bank with internet access is actually accessing the REAL internet, Iranians are caged up like animals when it comes to world information and told to simply trust Ahmedinajad's opinions... You're right Mr. Ahmedinajad, Israel IS a danger, but not to the whole world, just your regime.. We don't go shooting our own civilians if they don't agree with elections, we don't stone women to death, we are indeed a danger, just to you...
The Mad Man Dinner Jacket, once again is trying to start trouble when he knows deep inside that he can't reveal his Jewish roots. The same was true with that Germany guy in the 1930's -40's who used the last name Hitler. What another joke. Some needs to remove grand daddy Khomeini, he the cause of al the trouble in the region, more so that Bin Laden.