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Fidel tells Iranian president to stop slandering Jews and understand ‘anti-Semitism’
Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro has urged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop slandering the Jews, according to an article published on the US website The Atlantic on Tuesday. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesIn 1975 Cuba - together with dozens of Muslim states - sponsored Resolution 3379, a resolution which equaled Zionism with racism. It would be interesting if the interviewer had brought up this matter.
Sep 08th, 2010 - 05:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0I think MercoPress should look into how this Atlantic interview more deeply.
Sep 08th, 2010 - 07:21 am - Link - Report abuse 01. Ahmadeinjad is not antisemitic or critical of Jews. More than most people he is very careful to distinghuish between the very deep rift between Judaism and Zionism - the latter being an athestic ultranationalistic political ideology which unfortunately reminds us of national-socialism.
2. If Mr Castro wanted to communicate with the leaders of Iran, all he needs to do is to pick up the phone. Tbe relations between Castro and Ahmadinejad is good - as is the relations between Cuba and Iran.
3. In the unlikely event that Castro really wanted to communicate this to Iran - why not use his “reflections” column at granma? Why would Castro suddenly trust the propaganda machinery of the greatest, nay only, enemy his country has?
Case closed.
First and foremost, The Atlantic is not “a US website”, it is a serious and prestigious magazine more than one hundred and fifty years old, Fidel doesn't give interviews to simple “websites”.
Sep 08th, 2010 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0And I think Fidel is absolutely right on this one. Ahmadeinjad should stop slandering the jews. Period.
Ahmadeinjad may be “friends” or have “good relations” with Castro, Lula, Chavez, Ortega and other leaders in Latin America, but it is a folly, nothing but hot air, Latin America does not approve of Iran's repressive culture, specially against women.
enito,
Please don't justify your anti-semitism by trying to diferentiate zionism from judaism, they are not opposed, and zionism will never equate to nazism or islam, it is not repressive of minority rights, it respects women, freedom of religious, free speech and civil rights.
Zionism is compatible with democracy and consensus. Ahmadeinjad and Islam are not.
Zionism is compatible with modernity, Ahmadeinjad and Islam are not.
I reckon Castro realises that his time is getting closer and he's trying to store up brownie points. After all, we none of us know who or what is “up” there! Could be it really is Yahweh. Jews would really have the last laugh then!
Sep 08th, 2010 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don't think Castro has anything to repent for in relation to Jews. Has Cuba ever persecuted Jews within its borders? I've never heard of that.
Sep 08th, 2010 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How sad. The international media spot lights, the glamour the revolution used to inspire internationally, The many internationally known journalists, writers, artists and intellectuals who used to frequent the island have all gone somewhere else. are all gone forever.
Sep 08th, 2010 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Raul Castro´s unimaginative, obscure, dull and boring personality has turned Cuba´s foreign policy into a common place, a script already known by everyone in the world stage and Cuba is no longer news. And the Cuban revolution has begun to decay into oblivion.
Fidel Castro´s trying to position Cuba back on world stage but he is ridiculing his own legacy.
I don't understand, José. What you expect from Raúl? R. Castro seems to be making an opening in Cuba's regime, both in economic and political terms. This might enable the country to transition into democracy, perhaps in this very decade. And yet he gets fire from you.
Sep 08th, 2010 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As for Cuba's foreign policy, you're correct: everyone knows where it comes down to: anti-imperialism. This has been Castro's motto for decades, yes, but what can one expect from him - from a socialist leader that has repeatedly fought interventionism from a superpower? His latest comments haven't run away from this theme, but at least they are sensible. Chávez could learn a thing or two from him.
Forgetit87,
Sep 08th, 2010 - 05:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Seemingly diverging points of view sometimes merge and run through the same end: everyone wants the best for Cuba.
And you are right: His latest comments make a lot of sense and I probably let myself get carried away by my anti-castrism.
Anti-castrism? Hmm, I think most people would agree that the queue to get out of Cuba is MUCH longer than the one to get in. That pretty much says it all about Castroism
Sep 08th, 2010 - 05:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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