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“Criticizing Israel and anti-Semitism often come together” - Chief Rabbi
Published: 01 December, 2009, 09:43
Edited: 10 December, 2009, 06:16
Religious dialogue is the solution to disagreements where political diplomacy fails, believes Yona Metzger, the youngest Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi in Israeli history. He spoke to RT.
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It is not a good idea to back Iran into the corner. Terrible unintended consequences could result from such moves. It is time for common sense {if there is such a thing anymore} to prevail. Show Iran some trust and good faith because Iran does not respond well when being dictated to.
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The quote in this story: "The Iranian President claims to be criticizing Israel, but in fact he defies obvious historical facts and calls openly to wipe out the whole state of Israel, all the 6 million Jews who live there today", is taking poetic licence to the limit. The President of Iran may very well have called for the state of Israel (which has only existed since 1948) to be erased / dissolved, but he has never threatened the Jewish people who live there. By tagging on "....all the 6 million Jews who live there today" to the above the lie that 'Iran wants to kill all the Jews' so must never be allowed nuclear technology, has been propogated again. This is yet another attempt to influence the opinion of the ignorant masses and make it easier for either the US or Israel to visit death and destruction upon Iran with the reasoning like - after all the Iranian President has threatned to do it to us - we are just getting in first. I have even heard supposidly educated people repeating this 'wipe the jews off the map' nonsence. Can't anyone else see what is slowly and incidiously going on? Surely I'm not the only one with clarity of vision who can see that world oppinion is being manipulated against Iran?