Netanyahu says Iran 'preparing another Holocaust'

He built his entire career with this nonsense. He said 25 years ago that Iran was only months away from a nuclear weapon. Sigh.

Netanyahu says Iran 'preparing another Holocaust'

Really?

The Iranian government has distanced itself from the contest, which Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said was organised by a non-governmental organisation without any support from the authorities.

Does Bibi propose a Fatwa?

Says the guy who condones and controls the largest prison in the world. GFY Netenyahu.

Moderator: "GFY" is an offensive acronym that should never be used by a mature adult.

I have nothing positive to say about Netanyahu. However, despite what Javad Zariff said, I am sure Mr. Zariff is well aware that the Owj Media & Cultural Institute and the Sarsheshmeh Cultural Center,which are organizing this, are institutions with direct ties to organs of the Iranian government, which includes the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. Also, while I am not claiming that Mr. Zariff is a holocaust denier, in January of this year, Iran's Supreme Leader did in fact make such suggestions himself when he said, “While it is not clear whether the core of this matter is a reality or not. Even if it is a reality, it is not clear how it happened.”

Does Bibi propose a Fatwa?

I doubt it. However, I wonder if you were aware that earlier this year forty state-run media outlets in Iran have pooled together to raise $600,000 (£420,000) to add to the fatwa on writer Salman Rushdie.

Iran accused of playing political football with Holocaust.

Netanyahu gleefully plays into injury time for goalless draw.

sensenotsocommon,

Your comment does not really makes much sense.

As I noted above, I have nothing postive to say about Netanyahu. It seems you have nothing negative to say about Iran, ever. Perhaps you should consider being less grandiloquent and instead actually look at the situation in Iran more carefully.

Your comment does not really makes much sense.

That Bibi diminishes victims and survivors by using the Holocaust as a propaganda football?

It seems you have nothing negative to say about Iran, ever.

A stalker? How exciting that must be! Should I parrot Murdoch or Riyadh? Which is more... stimulating?

No bickering please.

The government of Iran is clearly diminishing the victims and survivors by using the Holocaust as a propaganda football by again sponsoring another Holocaust Cartoon Contest. That is and should be the focus of this discussion. Institutions with direct ties to organs of the Iranian government, which includes the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps are organizing this contest.

The Supreme Leader has as recently as January of this year again raised the spectre of holocaust denial when he said, "It is not clear whether the core of this matter is a reality or not. Even if it is a reality, it is not clear how it happened.” Keep in mind that when the video of this speech was shown the images included known holocaust deniers. So, the meaning of the Supreme Leader's message is quite clear.

Netanyahu often gets deservingly berated here. However, just because a distasteful person make a comment, it does not make their comment untrue merely for the fact that it was a distasteful person that said it The leader of Iranopenly supports holocaust denial and his country sponsors this kind of contest with little mention by those who berate Netanyahu for what they see as similar comments.

Iran is a country where the fatwa against Rushdie not only still stands, the monetary reward has even been raised higher by forty state-run media outlets in Iran. Yet, there is pretty much silence here about Iran's actions.

Reformers in Iran have been blocked at almost every turn. It is my hope that they can someday win the day in their country. Looking at recent devepments this year, it seems there is still a long way to go.

The Holocaust weighs more heavily on the collective conscience of secular Westerners than the Rwanda massacres or Cambodia's Killing Fields, because it was us who, in an orgy of ethnocentricity, donned spiffy dark shirts, boycotted businesses and broke windows, before rounding up and slaughtering our neighbours wholesale.

This is our history. Our truth. Our shame.

Is our present doomed to become our future shame: that we once again failed to make peace? That we let the hawks win?

Or will it be a source of pride, that we valued the laughter of children above the codependency of the Ahmadinejads and Netanyahus of our world?

In the February 2016 elections, reformists and moderates won all 30 seats in Tehran.

I hope Bibi welcomed the result.

Anyone calling for war against Iran, North Korea or any other country would be wrong to do so. Just as it is wrong when the Iranian leader says things like his calling for good relations with the whole world besides of course the US and what he referred to as the 'Zionist Regime' (Israel). Keep in mind he was specific in excepting the US and Israel. So, volatile language on anyone's part should be rebuked.

The reformists and moderates did make some inroads in Tehran. This absolutely should be recognized and celebrated for what it is: a small step. However these results were clearly offset by the loss of such reformists and moderates in the other areas of the country. Also, one should keep in mind that the Supreme Leader's previous mentioned unhealthy comments continue unabated regardless of the recent election results. One should also be aware that out of the 12,000 people that wanted to register as candidates, only half were allowed to stand and only 200 of them were moderates/reformists.

Sadly, even with the slow progress noted in Tehran, the government of Iran still sponsors a Holocaust Cartoon Contest and still has a Supreme Leader that denies the Holocaust even happened. One other large difference between the European Holocaust by the Nazis and Cambodia or Rwanda's Holocausts is that there are few to no leaders of countries denying that those holocausts actually happened. Yet, the Iranian Surpreme Leader not only continues to do so, his country will actually host a Holocaust Cartoon Contest next month in Tehran.

Who cares what Netanyahu thinks? Anyone person of compassion would be able to understand why a reasonable person would be against such anti-social language and would be able to see the dangers of encouraging it.

Let them have any kind of contests they wish. Let them say what they wish. But also let them know that their words and actions are repulsive amongst people who value peace and compassion.