I wouldn’t be surprised if either Ahmedinejad won legit or the vote was rigged. Ahmedinejad does have supporters & I am familiar with the phenomenon of urbanites being shocked at the results of elections because they had no idea how differently they voted than the rural people. & he is probably very popular with poor people. I read a couple of polls in the past that showed him winning by a lot. But when I read an article that says this: “Tabriz voted 80 per cent for Ahmadinejad. It was he who opened university courses there for the Azeri people to learn and win degrees in Azeri.” - I find it really hard to believe that Azeris would vote for Ahmedinejad over an Azeri.
Both Musavi & Ahmedinejad are Israel-haters anyway.
Good morning, FRiends...
Hope y’all had a nice, peaceful weekend....
It would appear that Bibi’s long-awaited speech ticked virtually everybody off....
Abbas aide urges world shun Netanyahu over speech (Hey Abbas, your friend Obama already praised it)
reuters ^ | 6/15/2009 | Mohammed Assadi
Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009 4:43:19 AM by tobyhill
World powers should isolate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he unveiled tough terms for a Middle East peace accord, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday.
In a major policy speech on Sunday, Netanyahu responded to weeks of pressure from Washington by finally giving his endorsement — with conditions — to the establishment of a demilitarised Palestinian state.
Palestinians were dismayed by his demand they first recognise Israel as a Jewish state and his failure to heed a call they and U.S. President Barack Obama have voiced to halt Jewish settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.
“The international community should confront this policy, through which Netanyahu wants to kill off any chance for peace,” Abbas adviser Yasser Abed Rabbo told Reuters.
“They must isolate and confront this policy which Netanyahu is adopting and exert pressure on him so that he adheres to international legitimacy and the road map,” he said, referring to a U.S.-sponsored 2003 peace plan.
Netanyahu pledged to keep all of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — defying Palestinians’ claim on the city — and hedged on whether Israel would ever remove West Bank settlements.
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