January 26, 2006

Focusing only on Iranian-Israeli realations

One thing I have to clarify here is that my focus in this trip is only on Iran and Israel relationship and when I talk about peace, I mean between these two states.

As a non-religious Iranian (which means I'm a non-Arab, just in case some people don't know that), my interest, at least in this trip, is not in issues between Arab world and Israel.

What I'm trying to primarily do here is to try to help Israelis and Iranians have a better understanding about one another and contribute to stop the dangerous process of de-humanization that both side are doing.

That's why I'm trying to talk to as many Iranians here to remind my audience inside Iran about the great ties between the two nations. Also to show Israelis what an Iranian who was born and raised in Tehran, under the Islamic Republic of Iran's watch, looks like and how millions of Iranian young men and women are different with what the media and the government portrays.

Posted by hoder at January 26, 2006 12:27 AM

Comments
Why aren't you speaking at all about Israel's repression of the Palestinians? You seem obsessed about an ancient Israelite and Persian connection that long has been severed. Most non-religious Iranians I know also dislike Israel intensely.
- By: Mideast Observer on January 30, 2006
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Peace between Israel and Iran? Last I checked, it's not Israel who is threatening Iran with destruction via nuclear bomb. Neither the Israelis not the Iranians are the problem, the Iranians - the government and the people who elected them - are.
- By: Joe Schick on January 29, 2006
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great job Hoder! nither us nor the Israelies should be fooled by our own or the western politicians. I strongly believe our nations have many grounds to be close friends and that needs to be regardless of our relations with arab countries. Hopefully there will be a day that we will all, live in peace and happy
- By: aram on January 27, 2006
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Hossein: I hope I'm not splitting hairs here, but I understood that most Iranians are not Arabs, although most are Muslim, ethnically, they are Persians and speak a different language, Farsi-Tars. Anyway, as a secular Jewish Canadian, I wish you all the best. Hell, no, I envy you, as I would love to visit Israel, and Iran too, when it is no longer under the rule of some cruel despotic regime, which I suspect is what so many ex-patriot Iranians wish themselves.
- By: Lynne on January 27, 2006
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Hossein I look forward to reading about your experience. Thanks for taking the time to explore your curiosities, share your findings and educate us.
- By: Drew Golkar on January 27, 2006
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dear hossein, yesterday when i first saw you in the university of tel aviv, i was very surprised and pleased, to see a young iranian activist who is trying to build bridges between the 2 societies. i was also surprised to know that young iranians in iran itself are so related to this virtual world of blogs. your presentation yesterday was great. it was really a "window", as you stated, to get to know a new prespective of iran and youngsters there. you really motivated me as a student of the middle east to explore this new prespective of iran. all i can tell you is that you have a new supporter, an israeli arab... best wishes amer
- By: amer on January 27, 2006
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