Ahmadinejad: Is Israel more sacred than God? 23 Apr 2009
The Iranian president rakes supporters of Israel over the coals, saying they hold Zionism more sacred than divine faiths and freedom of speech. "They have made an idol called the Zionist regime, and they say that you can talk about anything but that," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an address to a crowd in Islamshahr -- south of the Iranian capital Tehran. President Ahmadinejad was referring to Western inclinations toward Israel and the adoption of laws in Europe that ban criticism of the events pertinent to the Holocaust and the figures of casualties released to the public. The influence of the Zionist movement is such that US politics revolve to a large extent around the interests of the Israeli lobby even though the US image overseas is marred as a result of its support. Republican congressman Ron Paul has told Press TV that the there is no 'such thing as independent Israel doing anything', describing US support for Tel Aviv as an obstacle to the changes sought by US President Barack Obama. President Ahmadinejad on Thursday labeled support for the philosophy of Zionism as a form of "modern idol worship" that plagues the Western world and endangers the pursuit of justice for all. "The Zionist regime wages war on a nation with white phosphorous bombs in an area of nearly 360 square kilometers but the current US administration and their mouthpieces continue to say that the Palestinians are the terrorists," he explained. "They label those who are defending themselves 'terrorists' and kill them." According the Iranian president, the West has given rise to the fulfillment of Zionist objectives by creating lies about the Holocasut even they themselves have learned to hold "sacred". President Ahmadinejad has questions the story behind the Holocaust and the number of Jews killed, saying academics should be allowed to conduct research on the issue. "They insult the prophets of God and justify themselves with talk of 'freedom of speech'. But, when it comes to Israel, they say you are not allowed to speak a word. They want the entire world to worship their idol," Ahmadinejad continued. President Ahmadinejad recently described as 'racism' the 60-year-old Zionist quest to drive Palestinians from their land for the establishment of a purely Jewish state. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=92345§ionid=351020101
