Berber intellectuals slam anti western xenophobia displayed by Arabs in general as a convenient excuse for their own backwardness.
We tend to forget that North Africa is not the Middle East and that the population is far more heterogenous than meets the eye. Strangely enough the second video was aired on Memri TV (IRI ?).
Berber intellectuals slam anti western xenophobia displayed by Arabs in general as a convenient excuse for their own Shortcomings :
Amazighs (Berbers) Support Israel’s Struggle against what they deem is « Arab Imperialism »
Part I
Part II
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NOT JUST ARABS !
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Nader Naderpour on origins of IRI’s “Death Slogans” towards US and Israel:
The late Iranian poet, historian, philosopher and constitutionalist Nader Naderpour explains how slogans such as “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” took root in Iran with the Islamic Revolution slowly replacing in the political rhetoric Persia’s traditional foes which initially were Great Britain and Russia.
Mohsen Kadivar LIES: “Ham Gazeh, Ham Lobnan, Janam Fedayeh Iran”:
On VOA Reformist cleric Mohsen Kadivar distorts the Slogans heard above as being equally supportive of the Palestinian and Lebanese Cause as those of the Iranian people’s struggle for Democracy
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