The May 13 opening plenary session at Israeli President Shimon Peres’ conference celebrating Israel’s 60th anniversary featured an extraordinary mix of guests, including a long list of heads of state, scholars, religious leaders, Nobel laureates, philosophers and media moguls.
One of the keynotes was given by Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel, an accomplished writer and human rights activist who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for peace. Weisel told the gathered world leaders that it is “a disgrace” that Iranian president Mahmoud Admadinejad is being received in capitals around the globe since he is threatening Israel with nuclear attack. “He should be persona non grata in any civilized society,” says Weisel. Members of the audience included the current presidents of Albania, Angola, Burkino Faso, Croatia, Latvia, Poland, Rwanda, Slovania, Uganda, Slovakia and Ukraine as well as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, the 10th and last president of Czechoslovakia, and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Weisel acknowledged in his talk that Israel is not perfect, alluding to its many problems. But, he stressed,Israel does not want its dream to become anyone else’s nightmare. “If Israel could make peace with Germany who is to say it could not do the same with the Palestinians?” he asked.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Israel enjoyes suffering
by Abarmard on Wed May 14, 2008 11:59 AM PDTIt's sad that a European and western mind set has been enforced into a region that Civilization has originated from. Hate is a concept that we see coming from Nazi Germany, now that concept has been transfered by force into the Middle East. It's unfortunate.