Chesler Chronicles

September 25th, 2008 11:13 pm

Why Isn’t Ahmadinejad on A Plane to The Hague? The 9/25 Rally Protesting Iran and its American Christian Supporters.

I know that Ahmadinejad entered the Grand Hyatt Hotel earlier tonight. What I don’t understand is why he has also exited it. Are there no Iranian dissidents or human rights activists prepared to arrest him on the spot and transport him to stand trial in The Hague? As the Israelis did for Herr Eichmann?

The rally crowd has been estimated at about 1,000. In attendance were people from religious Christian and religious Jewish groups, Iranian dissident and secular groups, African-American Christian groups, women’s rights groups, gay rights groups, etc.

The speakers all condemned Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism whose goals are both genocidal and jihadic; whose persecution of Iranian women, homosexuals, and political dissidents is barbaric. The regime is a totalitarian nightmare regime.

Someone read aloud the speech that Governor Sarah Palin would have delivered had she been able to attend. About thirty people spoke including Rabbi Avi Weiss, Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Father Keith Roderick, Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa, Women United founder Beth Gilinsky, and countless others. Christine Brim read my prepared remarks. The signs were plentiful and pithy and were it not for a technical glitch on my end, you would now be seeing them all. The media was there. My colleague Fern Sidman saw FOX and CNN.

Actually, you may see photos of this rally, HERE.

GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATED ON 9/25 INCLUDED
Women United/Code Red
911 Families
ACT for America
Alliance of Iranian Women
AMCHA
American Center for Law and Justice
American Center for Democracy
American Islamic Forum for Democracy
American Maronite Union
Americans for a Safe Israel
American Values
Arabs for Israel
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Center for Security Policy
Christian Solidarity International
Christians United For Israel
Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights
Committee on the Present Danger
Concerned Women for America
Jeffrey Ballabon, Coordinating Council on Jerusalem
Council for a Democratic Iran
Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations
Endowment for Middle East Truth
Eye on the U.N.
Family Security Matters
Foundation for Defense of Democracy
Fuel for Truth
Glenn Richter, Founder Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry
Guardian Angels
Dov Hikind, New York Assembly
Institute for Religion and Democracy
International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem
International Christian Union
Aryeh Eldad, Israeli Knesset
Jerusalem Reclamation Project
Jewish Action Alliance
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
Jewish Political Education Foundation
Jihadwatch
Rory Lancman, New York State Assembly
Log Cabin Republicans of New York City
New York Chapter, Gathering of Eagles
Open Doors USA
Phyllis Chesler, author
Rabbi Zev Friedman, Rambam Mesivta high school
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
StandWithUs
Stop Shariah Now
Sudan Freedom Walk
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
Traditional Values Coalition
United American Committee
David Weprin, New York City Council
Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, Trustee CUNY
Women’s Freedom Movement of Pakistan
World Committee for the Land of Israel
Zionist Organization of America

7 Comments

1. shriber:

In the meantime Juan Cole is at it again. He is defending Ahmadinejad over at Salon.

He needs to be answered loud and clear.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/24/ahmadinejad/

I can’t figure out if Cole is a moron or just plain antisemitic.

Sep 26, 2008 - 12:38 am 2. toby:

More great news from Iran:

“Iran students unveil book mocking Holocaust”

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080926111949.vk2p8oxk&show_article=1&lst=1

Sep 26, 2008 - 6:52 am 3. George Jochnowitz:

I have always thought of Mennonites as a rightist group. If they are, then their support for leftist pro-Ahmadinejad groups is another instance of the rule: Extremes meet. I guess it’s analogous to Buchanan’s position.

Sep 26, 2008 - 11:09 am 4. toby:

“I have always thought of Mennonites as a rightist group.”

I believe they sent a letter to Hitler in Germany congratulating him on his assumption of power.

http://peace.mennolink.org/articles/hitler.html

Sep 26, 2008 - 1:43 pm 5. Lauren:

I have photos and video from the protest. I don’t have everything but I do have a lot. BTW there would have been more people but the police were making everyone move. They let SOME people stand near the curb while making others leave. I could understand making people move from the cross walks but not the curb where cars were parked and where it would have been not only dangerous to cross but technically illegal. The police kept telling people they could cross the street and join the rally but could not “block the sidewalk.” I am sure there would have been more people if this were not happening. Please see my photos of the “victory” sign I got simply for photographing those people, as I did with others.

Sep 26, 2008 - 8:54 pm 6. david levavi:

Quakers have a reputation for for nonviolence and amicability that belies their true nature and history.

A great many African slaves, perhaps a majority were carried on Quaker owned ships under horrific conditions. The sperm whale was all but annihilated as a species by Quaker owned whaling ships. Richard Nixon, a Quaker, ordered the Christmas bombing.

With friends like the Friends, who needs enemies?

Sep 27, 2008 - 9:29 am 7. mama pajama:

Response to SHRIBER comment:
“I can’t figure out if Cole is a moron or just plain antisemitic.”

Has it occurred to you “Jean Cole” could be the cover name for an Islamic operative?

“Juan Cole is at it again. He is defending Ahmadinejad over at Salon.
He needs to be answered loud and clear.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/24/ahmadinejad/“

Sep 28, 2008 - 2:21 am