Friday 2 March 2012

Israeli Officials Say Iranians Should be Starved



Israeli officials have once again demonstrated to the world that they are utterly devoid of humanity, not to mention perhaps totally deranged. The following comes from Y-Net:


Iran's citizens should be starved in order to curb Tehran's nuclear program, officials in Jerusalem said Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington.

"North Korea is halting its nuclear program in order to receive aid in food, and this is what should be done with Iran as well," one unnamed official said.

"Suffocating sanctions could lead to a grave economic situation in Iran and to a shortage of food," the source said. "This would force the regime to consider whether the nuclear adventure is worthwhile, while the Persian people have nothing to eat and may rise up as was the case in Syria, Tunisia and other Arab states." (Read More )

Notice particularly what it says in the first paragraph, namely that the official’s statement comes just “ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming trip to Washington.” Netanyahu is coming to Washington for the AIPAC conference. Is this what AIPAC is going to be lobbying for—starvation of the Iranian people?

Credit to the American Everyman blog for posting this item. As blogger Scott Creighton comments, this goes a tad bit beyond putting the Palestinians “on a diet”, as it were.
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