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Iran's Response
By: MvilleIran Date: March 23, 2012, 9:27 pm
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1. Who has the right to possess the land of Israel and
Palestine? Explain using historical/cultural/political reasoning
that reflect your country's position and beliefs. (Gerrod &
Spencer)
Since 63 BCE, when the Romans had taken over the region of
Israel, the Jewish population which survived were exiled from
Israel. The Romans then named the land Palaestina (Latin),
which would later be known as Palestine. After the Romans lost
control of Palaestina in 313 CE, the land has been passed along
to the hands of many different empires, including the Byzantine,
Arab, Ottoman, and British empires. Jewish people started to
immigrate back in to the region of Palestine during the
Crusades, but for the most part, whoever was living in Palestine
were considered Palestinian, just as someone who lives in
Canada, for example, is considered Canadian. It was only until
1948, that Britain had allowed the Jews the “right” to Palestine
where they quickly renamed the country to Israel. Now yes, the
land of Israel was originally inhabited by the Jewish people,
and yes they had just been put through the extreme persecution
of the Holocaust, but that does not give them the right to claim
Palestine as their own country, and then to evict the
Palestinians who have living there for thousands of years, into
these tiny little corners of Israel, where they are segregated
from the rest of their country. Iran is against a Zionist
state, and that is what the Jews have made of what was
Palestine. Despite the Jews being exiled from what was their
land, does not give them the right to that land now. They had
lost it because they failed to prepare against the expansion of
the Roman Empire, and then they failed to reclaim it during a
revolt led by Bar Kokhba, in 132 CE. By being unable to defend
themselves they lost that land, and so have many different
empires. You do not see Rome demanding the right to what they
once ruled, nor do any other nations which had occupied the
nation of Palestine. The one thing that had not changed since
the Jewish Diaspora until 1948 was that no matter who was in the
land of Palestine, no matter which empire, they were citizens of
Palestine.
2. Should the international community recognize the statehood
of Palestine? Justify your response. (Gerrod)
Absolutely, the international community should recognize
that Palestine as its own sovereign state. Between the Gaza
strip and the West Bank there are roughly 3.2 million
Palestinians who are not recognized as a nation simply because
the Israelis had evicted them from their home. Not only that,
but they constructed their own system of government to govern
the Palestinian population. By allowing Palestine to be
recognized as a state, there would not be many, if not any,
negative consequences as this could be a stepping stone towards
peace; however, Israel would never wish to accommodate the
Palestinian people in any way. Currently, the Palestinians have
the right to occupy what is now known as Israel, but at the
moment they have been denied that right. Despite that, they
occupy a large majority of both the Gaza strip and the West
Bank; therefore, it is clear that they deserve to be recognized
as a nation.
3. What is your country's position regarding Iran's nuclear
program? How should the program be addressed? (Spencer)
What nuclear program? Our government has repeatedly denied
having such a program yet the international community presumes
us guilty until proven innocent. Any nuclear reactors that we
have are purely for civilian energy purposes. It is true that we
have the means to develop nuclear weapons but this is the very
nature of nuclear power. The same methods for developing fuel
for energy purposes are the exact same methods for making
weaponized uranium and in turn nuclear weapons. True, our
original policy towards the United Nations and the international
community was one of reluctance and secrecy but this was only
because we didn’t want the interference of nations who would
instantly suspect us of doing wrong. Well look how well that
turned out, right? As we slowly realize that international
interference is inevitable, we have begun to open up to
inspection. Of course there will always be suspicion that we are
developing weapons when we have openly expressed our criticism
of the Zionist regime but we firmly express that we have no
intentions of building and developing nuclear weapons. We would
like to further express that international scrutiny is not
necessary; we would simply like to carry out our unalienable
right to develop nuclear power as expressed by the
Non-Proliferation Treaty. Of course we cannot expect Israel to
recognize this right considering they never signed the NPT and
instead built their own nuclear weapons without the approval of
the international community.
Now if we THEORETICALLY were to develop and obtain nuclear
weapons, what would we use them for? An attack on Israel would
be unlikely. Despite an undeniable hatred for the Zionist
regime, an attack on Israel would be an attack on some of our
own holy sites. As well, the aftermath of such a weapon would
cause rampant health problems for our allies and fellow Muslims
in the surrounding area. Not to mention the nuclear retaliation
from Israel and the brutal crackdown from the US and the UN. A
nuclear attack on Israel would be reckless, suicidal, and
irrational. Instead it would be used to form a form of safety
net for the Islamic nations of the Middle East from the arrogant
and unchecked actions of the Zionist regime. Mutually assured
destruction would do wonderful things to the false government’s
foreign policy.
Ultimately, the irony of the entire situation is that the
harder the West and Israel fight to stop this imagined nuclear
weapons program, the more Iran actually needs such a program in
order to defend itself.
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Re: Iran's Response
By: Egypt Date: March 25, 2012, 5:17 pm
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Wait, I'm pretty sure Iran had admitted that they had a nuclear
program. Is there an article about this because of all the sites
that I've looked, it all points that Iran HAS admitted they have
a nuclear program. Don't take this as an attack, I just want to
read about it.
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Re: Iran's Response
By: MvilleIran Date: March 25, 2012, 8:00 pm
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They admitted they did back in like 2002 or something and shut
it down after that.
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