Rabbis can sometimes be the worst people to talk to about Israel and it's global posturing. So, I am not surprised to here rhetorical hate espoused by a rabbi today. Israel doesn't have a vote regarding the international relationship of Iran to the five permanent countries at the UN Security Council.
This is Yossi Melman. He is a citizen of Israel and maybe that is what makes him so very interesting. He is a writer and journalist for Haaretz. His specialty is intelligence and strategic affairs.
He wrote a book entitled "The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran." He co-authored it with Meir Javedanfar.
In the book the former President of Iran is more than criticized, but, a foolish man who uses rhetorical hate to gain political clout and power. The book points to every aspect of Iran's society that opposes the position of the then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It appears as though President Ahmadinejad pivoted 180 degrees after his election and turned away from the domestic problem he was elected to solve.
Ahmadinejad was in office while the USA was occupying Iraq. In his estimation the rhetorical hate was necessary to define the country as strong enough to stand the tide of the USA military should it decide to come across the Iranian border. Kindly remember, the USA was the Shah's sponsor. There was every reason for Iran to be fearful of the USA declaring war into Iran as Bush named it as an Axis of Evil member.
The people of Iran wanted the disillusionment of their country in the international theater to end. They wanted to be accepted as a legitimate country doing the best it could for the people within it's borders. The re-election of the President was primarily due to the fact the USA was occupying Iraq and President Ahmadinejad was holding Iran against the perceived tide of invasion. Those that re-elected him were afraid of what many believed would be an inevitable invasion into Iran.
The priorities of the people under Ahmadinejad never changed, they wanted a better life and that meant a better domestic policy and economy. When President Hassan Rouhani was elected and approached the global community to begin the long process back to return as a trusted country, it was more the true face of the Iranian people.
But, as to Yossi Melman. He and his co-author were the people that researched the opposition within Iran to a nuclear bomb. These authors are Hebrew. They are Jewish and they live in Israel. It was these two authors that reported and journaled the very real fact that after the Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeine considered nuclear weapons as sinful and called a fatwa on them. That is a fact. It cannot be disputed and President Obama didn't lie.
The Rabbis in the world need to get over themselves and stop being antagonistic against the Palestinians or any other country that is conveniently their political standard. I think it is very poor judgement to build a political system on fear of other nations rather than seeking peace with a strong national defense. By the way, that is the reason Israel has the interceptor missiles. The missiles are suppose to give Israel and it's people the understanding there is no limit to insure them and their country being a part of this world on Earth. It is time for Israel to stop it's war mongering and join the many countries seeking a peaceful and productive world.
He wrote a book entitled "The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran." He co-authored it with Meir Javedanfar.
In the book the former President of Iran is more than criticized, but, a foolish man who uses rhetorical hate to gain political clout and power. The book points to every aspect of Iran's society that opposes the position of the then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It appears as though President Ahmadinejad pivoted 180 degrees after his election and turned away from the domestic problem he was elected to solve.
Ahmadinejad was in office while the USA was occupying Iraq. In his estimation the rhetorical hate was necessary to define the country as strong enough to stand the tide of the USA military should it decide to come across the Iranian border. Kindly remember, the USA was the Shah's sponsor. There was every reason for Iran to be fearful of the USA declaring war into Iran as Bush named it as an Axis of Evil member.
The people of Iran wanted the disillusionment of their country in the international theater to end. They wanted to be accepted as a legitimate country doing the best it could for the people within it's borders. The re-election of the President was primarily due to the fact the USA was occupying Iraq and President Ahmadinejad was holding Iran against the perceived tide of invasion. Those that re-elected him were afraid of what many believed would be an inevitable invasion into Iran.
The priorities of the people under Ahmadinejad never changed, they wanted a better life and that meant a better domestic policy and economy. When President Hassan Rouhani was elected and approached the global community to begin the long process back to return as a trusted country, it was more the true face of the Iranian people.
But, as to Yossi Melman. He and his co-author were the people that researched the opposition within Iran to a nuclear bomb. These authors are Hebrew. They are Jewish and they live in Israel. It was these two authors that reported and journaled the very real fact that after the Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeine considered nuclear weapons as sinful and called a fatwa on them. That is a fact. It cannot be disputed and President Obama didn't lie.
The Rabbis in the world need to get over themselves and stop being antagonistic against the Palestinians or any other country that is conveniently their political standard. I think it is very poor judgement to build a political system on fear of other nations rather than seeking peace with a strong national defense. By the way, that is the reason Israel has the interceptor missiles. The missiles are suppose to give Israel and it's people the understanding there is no limit to insure them and their country being a part of this world on Earth. It is time for Israel to stop it's war mongering and join the many countries seeking a peaceful and productive world.
