Former Iranian President: "Hitler Saved Europe from the Jews"

**PanzerJaeger** · 10-12-2007, 08:22

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301296,00.html

Hashemi Rafsanjani, former Iranian president and current Chairman of the Assembly of Experts, said Friday that Hitler’s treatment of Jewish people in Europe was due in part to their being “a pain in the neck.”

Rafsanjani’s comments came during a sermon for "International Jerusalem Day" on Iranian TV.

Rafsanjani noted that Jews caused problems for European governments because they “had a lot of property” and “controlled an empire of propaganda.” He also said that the Nazis were successful in saving Europe from the evil of Zionism.

The former Iranian leader served as president from 1989 to 1997, and was succeeded by Mohammad Khatami. Rafsanjani ran for a third term in office in 2005, but lost to current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

While these comments are relatively irrelevant - former US President Jimmy Carter says crazy things all the time

- it does highlight an issue that was being debated in another thread.

The resident muslim advocates attempted to assert that muslim hatred was directed towards Israelis and there was a clear distinction among muslims between Israelis and other Jews.

However, as this story points out, anti-semitism(yes, I know, and I'm going to use the word anyway because I dont like anti-jewishness) makes no distinctions among many muslims.

**Fragony** · 10-12-2007, 08:50

But there is this new televisionseries, about the holocaust! Schindlers Beard it was called I think, or was it Then things I hate about jews, forgot

**Tribesman** · 10-12-2007, 09:18

What a surprise Panzer , you take a "quote" from Memri and even have to change that to make a title

Do you ever wonder why that organisation copywrites its "translations" ?
Would you like an actual quote from your own president instead ?

The resident muslim advocates attempted to assert that muslim hatred was directed towards Israelis and there was a clear distinction among muslims between Israelis and other Jews.

is there also not a clear distinction between Isrealis , Jews and Zionists or would you like an Israeli article goung on about the threat to Israel society because of the decline in Israelis who are Zionists and the shrinking numbers of American Jews who are also Zionists .

**Husar** · 10-12-2007, 09:52

At first I didn't know whether this was a celebration of the event or the opposite.

But it's interesting to see how a single former president of Iran represents the views of all muslims worldwide, just like Bush represents the views of all christians and atheists I guess.

**Fragony** · 10-12-2007, 10:11

Originally Posted by Husar

But it's interesting to see how a single former preident of Iran represents the views of all muslims worldwide, just like Bush represents the views of all christians and atheists I guess.

Well see it like this, either he is a nutjob, but state leaders rarely are, or he has a big crowd to please.

**Tribesman** · 10-12-2007, 10:39

But it's interesting to see how a single former preident of Iran represents the views of all muslims worldwide

Whats more interesting is Panzers comment ..."a clear distinction among muslims between Israelis and other Jews. " when using a source that is not only extremely pro-zionist rather than pro-Jewish or pro-Israeli but has a history of taking articles and speeches and replacing the word Zionist or Zionism with Jewish and Judaism in its "translations" .