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Jerusalem News-779
Jerusalem News-779
14 Sivan 5768, 17th June 2008
Contents:
1. Iran Intends to
Extermiante
the Jews of Israel
2. Scotland's call to the world
3. "EU
nations agree on need for stronger
anti-Iran sanctions "
4. Iran withdraws $ 75 bln
from Europe
5. Austria Still harbors War Criminals
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1. Iran Intends to
Extermiante
the Jews of Israel
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:18:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: imra@netvision.net.il
New from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
What Iranian Leaders Really Say about Doing Away with Israel: A Refutation
of the Campaign to Excuse Ahmadinejad's Incitement to Genocide
Joshua Teitelbaum
Over the past several years, Iranian leaders - most prominently, Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - have made numerous statements calling for
the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. While certain experts have
interpreted these statements to be simple expressions of dissatisfaction
with the current Israeli government and its policies, in reality, the intent
behind Ahmadinejad's language and that of others is clear.
What emerges from a comprehensive analysis of what Ahmadinejad actually
said - and how it has been interpreted in Iran - is that the Iranian
president was not just calling for "regime change" in Jerusalem, but rather
the actual physical destruction of the State of Israel. When Ahmadinejad
punctuates his speech with "Death to Israel" (marg bar Esraiil), this is no
longer open to various interpretations.
A common motif of genocide incitement is the dehumanization of the target
population. The Nazi weekly Der St rmer portrayed Jews as parasites and <
locusts. Ahmadinejad said in a speech on October 26, 2005: "In the Middle
East, they [the global powers] have created a black and filthy microbe
called the Zionist regime."
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who succeeded Ayatollah Khomeini in
1989, has made statements about Israel similar to Ahmadinejad. On December
15, 2000, he declared on Iranian TV: "Iran's position, which was first
expressed by the Imam [Khomeini] and stated several times by those
responsible, is that the cancerous tumor called Israel must be uprooted from
the region."
Michael Axworthy, who served as the Head of the Iran Section of Britain's
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, notes that when the slogan "Israel must be
wiped off the map" appeared "draped over missiles in military parades, that
meaning was pretty clear."
There is an ample legal basis for the prosecution of Ahmadinejad in the
International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court for
direct and public incitement to commit genocide and crimes against humanity.
Click here to read the Full Report.
www.jcpa.org/text/ahmadinejad2-words.pdf
Quotes selected by IMRA from the report:
In an address to the "World without Zionism" Conference held in Tehran on
October 26, 2005, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: Our dear Imam
[Khomeini] ordered that this Jerusalemoccupying regime [Israel] must be
erased from the page of time. This was a very wise statement.
Iranian Students News Agency, October 26, 2005,
www.isna.ir/Main/
NewsView.aspx?ID=News-603209
In a public address shown on the Iranian news channel on June 2, 2008,
Ahmadinejad again reiterated: "Thanks to God, your wish will soon be
realized, and this germ of corruption will be wiped off the face of the
world."
MEMRI TV, June 2, 2008,
www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1784.htm
Resalat, a conservative Iranian daily, published an editorial on October 22,
2006, entitled "Preparations for the Great War," in which it reflected on a
speech given by Ahmadinejad two days earlier. It stated: "It must not be
forgotten that the great war is ahead of us, perhaps tomorrow, or in a few
months, or even a few years. The nation of Muslims must prepare for the
great war, so as to completely wipe out the Zionist regime, and remove this
cancerous growth.
MEMRI Special Dispatch Series, No. 1357, November 15, 2006,
www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countr ies&Area=iran&ID=SP135706.
In a Friday sermon, former Iranian President Rafsanjani made the statement:
"If one day, a very important day of course, the Islamic world will also be
equipped with the weapons available to Israel now, the imperialist strategy
will reach an impasse, because the employment of even one atomic bomb inside
Israel will wipe it off the face of the earth, but would only do damage to
the Islamic world ." "Iran Calls for the Destruction of Israel,"
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Center for Special Studies,
Special Information Bulletin, November 2003, citing Khabar TV, December 14,
2000.
www.terrorism-info.org.
il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/IRAN/PDF/NOV_03.PDF
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IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis
Website: www.imra.org.il
2. Scotland's call to the world
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/-Scotland39s-call-to-the.4190521.jp
Extract:
THE "biggest ever celebration of Scotland's achievements and culture" was
launched yesterday, as the First Minister unveiled plans for a Year of
Homecoming.
Cultural, sporting and historical events are to be staged throughout 2009 to
coincide with the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth.
Alex Salmond said some 100 million people with "blood links" to Scotland would
be targeted to try to persuade them to visit the country. The celebrations will
also be aimed at anyone with a passion for, or an affinity to, Scotland.
Events include the world's biggest clan gathering, the biggest celebration of
Scotch whisky and the most extensive exhibition of golfing memorabilia.
3. "EU
nations agree on need for stronger
anti-Iran sanctions "
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:01:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: imra@netvision.net.il
ARAB NEWS (Saudi) 17 June '08:"EU nations agree on need for stronger
anti-Iran sanctions ",Robert Wielaard (AP)
QUOTE: " 'these measures seem likely to fail' "
FULL TEXT:
LUXEMBOURG: European Union nations agreed yesterday on the need for a new
round of sanctions - targeting the oil and gas sectors in what would be the
strongest punishment yet - to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear
weapons.
Word of the agreement came after British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
announced at a London news conference with US President George W. Bush that
Britain will freeze the assets of Iran's largest bank - and that the EU
would target Iran's oil and gas sectors. "Action will start today in a new
phase of sanctions on oil and gas," Brown said. "We will take any necessary
action so that Iran is aware of the choice it needs to make."
Brown said Britain was urging the EU - and that Europe "will agree" - to
also impose the new sanctions because of Iran's refusal to halt the uranium
enrichment that could be used for nuclear weaponry.
The EU has not yet officially announced any new sanctions.
But Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman for EU foreign affairs and security chief
Javier Solana - who failed last weekend to win Iran's support for a package
of incentives - said EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg were
prepared to take formal action. "It is clear they are ready to move further.
We will definitely take a formal decision," she said.
The proposed sanctions - the strongest yet against Iran - would follow three
sets of UN Security Council penalties Iran has shrugged off while continuing
to enrich uranium. These sanctions targeting Iran's oil and gas industries
could severely affect the country's already-fragile economy. High inflation
and rampant unemployment have already damaged its economy, which is heavily
reliant on natural resources. More than 80 percent of Iran's revenues come
from oil exports, and the country has the world's second largest gas
reserves. Sanctions targeting Iran's gas and oil sectors could also have an
impact on the already soaring global oil prices.
Analysts said the proposed targeting of Iran's largest bank, Bank Melli -
which does not have many investments in Europe - would have limited impact.
"The Iranians certainly have been expecting it, and likely have been
preparing for ways to work around it. Unless the Europeans (are) willing to
sign on to a far more dramatic sanctions package, these measures seem likely
to fail," said Justin Logan, associate director of foreign policy studies at
the Cato Institute in Washington.
4. Iran withdraws $ 75
bln
from Europe
Reuters - 17 June, 2008
www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?id=409988&news_type=Economy&lang=en
Iran has withdrawn around $ 75 billion from Europe to prevent the assets
from being blocked under threatened new sanctions over Tehran's disputed
nuclear ambitions, an Iranian weekly said.
Western powers are warning the Islamic Republic of more punitive measures if
it rejects an incentives offer and presses on with sensitive nuclear work,
but the world's fourth-largest oil exporter is showing no sign of backing
down.
"Part of Iran's assets in European banks have been converted to gold and
shares and another part has been transferred to Asian banks," Mohsen Talaie,
deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, was quoted as saying.
Iranian officials were not immediately available to comment on the report in
Shahrvand-e Emrouz, a moderate weekly, which did not specify the time period
for the withdrawals which it said were ordered by President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
"About $ 75 billion of Iran's foreign assets which were under threat of
being blocked were wired back to Iran based on Ahmadinejad's order," the
weekly said.
Iran's Etemad-e Melli newspaper, also quoting Talai, last week also reported
the country was withdrawing assets from European banks but did not give any
figures.
On Saturday, Iran again ruled out suspending uranium enrichment despite the
offer by six world powers of help in developing a civilian nuclear program
if it stopped activities the United States and others suspect are designed
to make bombs.
The offer -- agreed last month by the United States, Britain, Russia, China,
Germany and France -- is a revised version of one rejected by Tehran two
years ago.
Iran's refusal to suspend nuclear enrichment, which can provide fuel for
power plants or material for weapons if refined much more, has drawn three
rounds of U.N. sanctions since 2006. Tehran says it aims only to generate
electricity.
EU diplomats have said the bloc is preparing an asset and funds freeze on
Iran's biggest bank, state-owned Bank Melli, but that it first wants to see
how Tehran responds to the new offer.
Iran is making windfall gains from record global oil prices and said in
April its foreign exchange reserves stood at more than $ 80 billion.
Iran's foreign reserves figure has been climbing steadily. Some analysts say
that, alongside rising oil revenues, Iran has been helped by its decision to
shift away from the U.S. dollar into other currencies as the dollar has
weakened.
Iran has made the shift as Washington has tried to isolate the Islamic
state, including imposing sanctions on Iranian banks. That has pushed many
Western banks to scrap dollar dealings with Iran or even end business
completely.
Western countries suspect Iran is seeking the ability to make nuclear
weapons. Tehran insists its secretive program is purely aimed at generating
energy.
(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by Ruth
Pitchford)
5. Austria Still harbors War Criminals
Nazi war criminal seen with soccer fans
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