According to AFP an international conference on racism fell into disarray yesterday as Iran's president launched a verbal onslaught against Israel, triggering a mass walkout and furious rebukes from Western capitals.(The United States, which led 10 countries in boycotting the meeting, said the furore vindicated the decision by the country's first African-American president to shun the UN conference on racism in Geneva.)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has previously called for the Jewish state to be wiped off the map, criticised the creation of a "totally racist government in occupied Palestine" in 1948, calling it "the most cruel and repressive racist regime.
"The (UN) Security Council helped stabilise this occupation regime and supported it for the past 60 years, giving them a free hand to continue their crimes," he said.Several demonstrators were ejected as the Iranian president began his speech and soon afterwards representatives of 23 European Union delegations quit the conference room after he labelled Israel cruel and racist.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who had earlier berated countries for boycotting the meeting, accused the Iranian leader of incitement, while other Western leaders lined up to condemn his remarks.
"I deplore the use of this platform by the Iranian president to accuse, divide and even incite," Ban said in a statement. "This is the opposite of what this conference seeks to achieve."
But while the speech from the Iranian leader, who has also described the Nazi Holocaust as a "myth", was shunned by Western powers, other delegates stayed to hear him speak, some greeting his words with applause.
Even before the speech, the diplomatic fallout from Ahmadinejad's presence in Geneva was spreading.
Israel recalled its ambassador in protest at the Swiss president's decision to meet the Iranian leader -- Ahmadinejad's first formal meeting with a Western head of state since taking office in 2005.
Israel's foreign ministry also criticised Ban for meeting Ahmadinejad, saying it was regrettable that he "thought it advisable to meet the greatest Holocaust denier who heads a UN member state."
Four EU nations were among a group of nine countries -- including the United States -- which boycotted the meeting before it started.
The remaining 23 EU countries that did send delegations to the event had warned they would walk out if Ahmadinejad made anti-Semitic remarks.
Most returned after the Iranian leader had finished his speech, although the Czech Republic became the 10th nation to boycott.
There ya go! (Now that we have all the pertinent poop, let's take a look at what we have!)
This U.N. conference has so far passed a resolution that makes it a no-no to criticize Islam in any way and condemns Israel for refusing to give up and die!
Well for Christ's sake, of course they did!
What else would you expect from a conference hosted by Iran and Libya!
This isn't a bake sale they are hosting folks!
But it is a damned shame!
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-Allan; You continue to inform and keep me up to date. I appreciate your posts.
Leo L
-Allan; It is a damn shame, but, if you read closely, Amadinijad makes some good points. It appears that there is an unwritten law that nobody can criticize Israel for anything. I have heard first-hand accouints from family members about what Israel is doing in Palestine, but nobody wants to do anything about it.
Walker Bennett, SF Author
Walker I will be the first to admit there are two sides to every story, but let me say this!
If I had to go with one side or the other, in total, black and white with warts and all, I would go with Israel and the States over any Arab country, hands down!
Period!
End of story!
Fini!
"And that's all I have to say about that!"
-Allan; What was the UN thinking having this guy give a speech anyway, a country that blatantly hangs and stones to death young people in the streets for being gay, or anything not acceptable to the government; let alone the elimination of an entire people. He insults not just Israel/Jews, but the entire western world. The UN is a joke in these areas...
John S. (arizona),
-Move to Iran Allan. I'm sure you be treated better there.
Bad A.,
-Now there ya go folks, everything is going along fine, and then someone throws in a comment that has nothing to do with nothin' and wouldn't make any sense in any other context either.
I can see what "Bad A" wrote, and the spelling and grammer are fine, but the meaning and thrust of the comment are totally lost on me!
Did he leave something out?
Was he talking about some other comments that I made previously?
Did he post to the wrong blog!
Is his brin wiring wrong, you know, like a short circuit or something!
A free copy of my book to anyone that 'splains this to me!
Allan
-No Allan, I'm thinking a whining Canadian like you would be better off living in Iran. Maybe you could go and watch them stone your mother or daughter to death in the streets to a cheering audience. And you could sell Ice Cream
Bad A.,
-Gee Bad A, I got pulled on the carpet a while back for suggesting to some nutcase he "fuck of and die," when all reasonable people knew that was just a crude way of saying; "Go away and never darken my door again!" I didn't think it wa that big a deal but some sensitive old broad flagged the comment.But, even though I'm not one to flag anything, you telling me to go watch my mother or daughter being stoned to death is cold man! Really cold!
And I'm not talking about the ice cream!
Allan Janssen
Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know......!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E! and H E R E! And as a paperback H E R E ! and H E R E !
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