Iran is a genuine threat to Israel
DAVID Morrison shows that if you say something often enough, then sooner or later, everyone will finally believe it (Letters, September 9).
He tells us that Iran is no threat to Israel and that all the shocking barbaric statements made by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for Israel to be wiped off the map were mistranslated or misunderstood.
Hamas, Iran's proxy in Gaza, believes in the genocide of Jews all over the world, but that could also be a misreading, according to Mr Morrison's theory.
The well-documented Holocaust denial and the distribution of vicious anti-semitic material by Iran and her proxies is common knowledge. Maybe they were only joking as well.
Most of Iran's Jews were lucky to escape from this vicious regime to the West and Israel.
Their mother tongue is Pharsi and they understand Ahmadinejad as being intent on carrying out his threats.
Mr Morrison obviously thinks he has a greater understanding of Pharsi and Iran than these Iranian-born refugees.
The few remaining Jews in Iran are very downtrodden and have no freedom of speech.
Iran is no Garden of Eden for them.
Good try, Mr Morrison, but the Irish public are not that naive yet.
Iran is not only a threat to Israel and the Jews, but to Europe and -- believe it or not -- to Ireland.
Daniel Briscoe
Kiriat Ono, Israel
Irish Independent
