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Parastou Foruhar ???

Dear Mehraban, are you talking about Parastou Forouhar, the daughter of the assasinated Parwaneh und Dariush Forouhar ?  I saw an exhibition of her artworks last year and red her memories of her parents. But I also thought that she is living in exil in Germany. Do you have any other information ? Sorry for my ignorance, but your comment  was the first time I heard that she might be in trouble. Do you have any background information ??

It is a great blog, a very objective short essay about Israels history. After reading it I was tempted to say: 60 years is much too short for this much of history.

AO, again I am with you on that ...

Very just and insightful observation. 

Middle east peace is very much related to everyone in the world. Cause until this is not achieved the world as a collective of nations can not be experiencing life on earth as it should be.  The situation there is so tense that at any given moment a WWIII may be born to be raised and struggled not just by people in the middle east including Iran but everyone else who lives on this planet.

If we do not throw our differences away and not focus on peace then we will be judged by history as those who have failed humanity.

I appreciate you speaking your mind here, independently, seeing this important situation as is.... and thank you for being "just" and giving credit where it is due when it comes to the P/I conflict. 

Rozbeh,

You making fun of the whole thing and throwing cheap shots at me just shows how hypocrite you are when it comes to you and defending people'e right.  People of Gaza have voted Hamas and since then they have been under illegal siege.  There was time that people who resisted British in Ireland were used to be called terrorists by the British but the same British had to sit on a table with them in order to achieve peace.   These things coming out of the mouth of a Che supporter as well as someone who constantly beats his chest for the political prisoners in Iran is quite amazing. If this is not hypocrisy then what is?  

Regime in Iran pretends that is supporting Palestinians but at the same time it imprisons its own people and you pretend that you are supporting Political prisoners but at the same calling a nation which has been struggling for years to achieve equality and rights a terrorist. Gaza has been turned to the world biggest priosn at the moment. Every single soul is a political prisoner there.  I am so disappointed at you!

What incredible human specimen you are, Rozbeh. Someone  should put you in the jar.  You are too valuable and need to be preserved as the symbol of a freedom fighters especially for all the leftists in the world. After all you are their self claimed spokesman.

I may not be in Palestine for the same reason that I am not in Iran but no amount of labels and cheap shots can stop me from speaking my mind.

I posted an article here for everyone to read linked to " open Zion"  whom I frequently read at the daily beast. In it this question was asked that who is killing the peace.  Should you prefer to use the word terrorist here please read that article and see if you can still apply that word to Hamas in this case !!??

Freedom and universal justice and defending of it is a burden on the shoulder of each person who calls him or herself human.

You and your female half who is also presented on this blog insulting and asking people to just focus on the political prisoners in Iran should stop acting ... cause I personally have had enough of both of you! 

Thank you, Rea. I am glad

Thank you, Rea. I am glad you pointed out that disgraceful comment. This just shows the pathological mind set of a religious fantic.

Dear Mehraban: Could not

Dear Mehraban: Could not have said it better.

I hate to break up this party but Parastou Foruhar may be

IR's next victim.  The time to call attention to her and her case is now.  Not when she is on hunger strike or dead.  The time to talk about her and protect her is now.   

I am just wondering how many Iranians have been tortured or killed while we spent our time mind F****g each other about Israelis and Palestinians. 

The time to protect Parastou Forouhar is now!

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Afshin Shafaie political activist Evin prison arrested 2009

Mehdi Samadi political activist Evin prison arrested 2009 

Further read

//www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fo...

"... the more we respect Hitler."

Gee fuc.king Christ!

Who allows such comments, shame !!

Not enough!

Let's have a sober analysis of this subject--without all the noise and all the emotion.  Simply put, Israel cannot kill its way out of its conundrum with the Palestinians, and then achieve lasting peace.  Not unless it commits total genocide, which it will not be allowed to do by its financial and military supporters who want to have at least appear to have some semblance of democracy, human rights and civilization in the modern world.

Look at it this way: this is a repeat of what happened four years ago, and despite a 1000 to 1 kill ratio by the Israelis (most of whom turned out to be women and children) the same situation has arisen--with arguably a bigger Hamas arsenal.  So, the attack of 2008 by Israel has proven to be a total failure.

No nation, empire or military force in history has been able to neutralize a resistance movement, and Israel is no exception.  Add to this the fact that Israel has a relatively mediocre economy (ranked 39 in the world in GDP, Iran under the IR is ahead of it at 26) that is totally dependent on foreign aid. Absent an indefinite continuation of foreign aid for decades to come (which may or may not happen) Israel's military will not be able to sustain itself.  It happened to the USSR, and it's likely to happen to Israel if foreign aid does not continue to pour in.

You cannot act as the big bad boy on the block and continue to get away with it.  There is always a bigger, or a more savvy opponent who's going to kick your ass.  It will behoove the Israelis to remind themselves of their own David and Goliath story.  Wasn't Goliath the big bad boy on the block?  What happened to him?!!  The U.S. has been getting away with being the big bad boy for a while because of several unique reasons, one being its geographic isolation (realtive to its foes), and the other its large economy.  But even the U.S. is feeling the side effects of being an empire.  Remember 9/11?  Some savvy little terrorist got through the defenses that we had put up.  And look at the U.S. economy after two wars.

This is a brave---and very small--- new world.  Technology has enabled small groups of people to inflict heavy damage on very big groups of people.   

Long story short, this course of action will not be sustainable for Israel---and that's not even looking at the tragedy of civilian deaths on both sides, with one side (the Palestinian side) sustaining ten times as much casualties. For Israel to have long term peace and security it HAS to negotiate in good faith and end this 6 decade long tragedy.  There's absolutely no military way for it to achieve long term peace and security, as we have witnessed just for the past 4 years.  It needs to end settlement building, come to the table ready & willing to give up some things and get this done and over with.  There's absolutely no other option.

Nur, Vahid ... Omid?: you need to move past your Bahai baggage

Is that you again? 

Stop blaming your Bahai family for all the hardships received in Iran at the hands of Shiite fascists. Stop blaming those victims for the horrors committed by the IRI Nazi. Stop being a frightened little child thrown into the dark school basement, for his religion of birth. Stop playing the part of your tormentors, in order to fake strenght and power.

Should I call you an

Should I call you an Islamofascist?? Why the abusive behavior toward anyone you disagree with. I've seen your other comments to others on different threads. You're incapable of properly debating without resorting to insults or cutting people off by using deragatory "quotations". What is wrong with you?

Let me ask you how do you feel about the Bahi's??

firstdayofmylife

You see! you have the same mentality. You Zionists always see the viability and alternatives in  killing children.  That is how powerful you are!

Which option do you like?

Faramarz

If what you say is true, that would raise the question of hypocrisy. when some preach freedom of speech but don't practice it

?As well as the  question of whose interest is being served by such individuals

:But the best part is this

مرگ انسان از لحظه ای آغاز می شه که در برابر بی عدالتی سکوت میکنه.....!

Again, omidnoor? what is

Again, omidnoor? what is your solution?? Do you think there is viable military alternative for Palestinians to kick Israeli out to the sea or "underground" to their graves? Do you think Hamas with the help of IRI can liberate the palestinians?

firstdayofmylife

1967 Borders and compensations for years of genocide.   That is not just what I think should be done and will work, it is also what nearly all Palestinians will accept , including Hamas. They might even accept just the 1967 borders without any compensations.

But you very well know what Israel wants........! 

Israelis are good at killing babies and proud of that...

Israel power = killing babies and women civilians.  The more we learn about these sickos the more we respect Hitler.

Whack-a-Mole!

In the past few weeks, the same person has appeared here as Masoud 5, Arash 123, SiavashHeshmati, Ashkan M, and now OmidNoori!

He gets whacked and kicked out and then he re-surfaces again!

Thanks Admin for your generosity and holiday spirit.

Only in America!

omidnoor: What is your

omidnoor: What is your solution for the I/P situation?

Bijan A M

So if someone treated as Israelis do with Palestinians, you will be silence and make the most of it? 

What is your problem with IRI then? 

The again, that is why your are where you are after 34 years.

You and your leaders bring shame to humanity!!!

firstdayofmylife

Abbas tried to do just that.

Abbas even turned against Hamas and clashed with them because of their different views.  Abbas basically took sides with Israel to appease the Israelis, but Israel continued with demolition of Palestinians homes, killing them and building more settlements. Until Abbas finally realize that these bastards don't want recognition, peace, etc. They want to expand and kill all Palestinians or run them out of Palestine.

If Palestinians had the

If Palestinians had the foresight, they would call the Israeli's bluff once and for all by  immediately recognize the1) State of Israel 2) demand monetary compensation for the stolen land 3)end all hostilities and violence 4) Demand a two-state solution and start building up the economies of gaza and west bank instead of listening to Khameni.

As it stands, the Palestinian risk a full-fledge war against its own population where the imbalance of power will only result in ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, which many ultra-racist Israeli are dreaming of. The population in Israel views every single rocket attack as an "existential threat". That is their preception and it does not matter how others view it. They are not faking their fears. You might call them paranoid. That is where we are. That is how it is and no amount of violence or rhetoric will change that.

People like some commenters on IC, are only adding fuel to the fire and ultimately, are self-defeating.

Roozbeh_Gilani

وقتی کسی اندازت نیست٫ دست به اندازة خودت بزن..........!

what a bunch of nonsensical crap

The likes of omidnoori and other extremists who have no sense of reality and still deny existence of Israel are a bunch of hallucinating schezophernics who are bringing to the palestinians the misery that they are in. If you had any sense of the real world, you accept the hand you are dealt and make the most of it. Many times it is best to fold a losing hand. Speaking of land, whose land are Americans, Iraqis, Bahrainis, Ommanis etc...living in?

Mission Statement: throwing the Jews into the sea

Thanks dear FirstDayLife.

However, please note that Hamas has not been alone in that Mission Statement. My point is that almost all the previous and current Arab regimes (Kings, presidents, prime ministers ... PLO, Hamas, Jihadists); have been pursuing the same goal of killing off the Jews.

For example, take the case of the "moderate" Jordan. Did you know that Jordan during the 1948 independence wars, was the one Arab nation that did the most killing of Jews?

That's why Israel needs a ferocious defense force.

na- Omid joon and soozie joon!

so what you two lovely cyber warriers saying in your angry responses is:

No, we are not gonna go to gaza and fight for our hamas terrorist brothers! cause we faint without our morning starbucks cafe latte!

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Soosan Khanoom

اگرروزی تحدیدت کردند٬ بدون که در برابرت ناتوانند.

گاندی

Peace and Harmony: sweet dreams are made of these

Dear Faramarz,

I appreciate your noble and idealistic sentiments. However, I have to disagree with your optimism.

Middle East has never been peaceful and harmonious, EVER, and it is my humble opinion that it will not see peace in the next 100 years either. Anyone who wants to live in Middle East, or conducts business there, must be ready to deal with violence. 

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg 

PS: I'm not endorsing Chevy Spark, except as dinosaur food.

shazdeh

وقتی با آدمهای کودن دوست باشی٬ همیشه احساس نابغه بودن می کنی.

Roozbeh_Gilani

حجم خالی تو رو٬ حجم پر هیچکس پر نمی کنه......حالا هی بگو دوستان به جای ما.....!

Person who offers nice arguments in defense of something ugly

Soosan K: I called you a Hezbollah (party of satan) apologist, and your record speaks for itself.

Hezbollah craps: by AshkanM on Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:24 AM PST
Yes, two state solution is the best option. Underground for Israel and above ground for Palestine.

Apologist cleans: Ashkan, I know you are kidding!

by Soosan Khanoom on Sat Nov 17, 2012 09:55 PM PST.