The video below is of a controversial speech made Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, April 20th at a United Nations conference on racism. I know that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not a well looked upon individual in the nation stage of foreign relations but, I feel that he is making a valid point. Previously, in class we discussed the actual “democraticness” of Israel and which allowed us to make our own conclusions.
In his speech Ahmadinejad is only expressing the truth according to the actual definition of democracy. The government of Israel has in fact created a racist platform through discrimination of Palestinians. I think it is shameful that people can’t respect Ahmadinejad’s point for what it is worth. I acknowledge the fact that he is a leader and he should have approached the situation in a different manner, but none the less he is addressing a point that needs to be heard for the betterment of Israeli-Palestinian relations.
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