By Ingrid B. Mork
I watched President Ahmadinejad`s press conference on Al-Jazeera and was impressed by the politeness and deference conferred on the Iranian President by most of the people of the press who were present.
The moment he was re-elected, the threats, the aggressive stance and rhetoric started up again from the directions of the US and Israel.
I have yet to hear anyone in Iran make threats against anyone.
The difference with the Iranian elections, it seemed to me, was this: in both Iraq and Afghanistan the US were able to control the elections to ensure the election of a government which could be controlled by the US in accordance with US and Israeli wishes. The US and Israel were unable to control the elections in Palestine but were able to emasculate the democratically elected government in various ways, economically, geographically and by using Hamas` rivals to undermine them physically. The Lebanese elections were influenced by both the US and Israel in various ways but the Iranian elections proved to be a little more difficult to sway.
It now remains to be seen whether the Palestinians will receive the justice they so richly deserve. It is, unfortunately, too late to turn back the hands of time and restore Palestine to the land it once was. Power, greed and corruption have put an end to that pipe dream and there is little chance that the Israelis will withdraw behind their ugly wall, rebuilt on the green line of 67, live their lives and allow the Palestinians to live theirs.
How different things might have been had the Zionists not been so brutal and driven by power and greed?
It also remains to be seen whether or not the Obama administration will realize that the Palestinians will not, nor should they, settle for anything less than their rights.