MidnightCall Magazine
In this issue:
- Hear theWord of the Lord — By Thomas Lieth
- FirstThessalonians 3 and the Rapture — By Dr. Ron J. Bigalke Jr.
- Popular Prophecy:CheckingDogmaTwice — By Wilfred Hahn
News From Israel MagazineIn this issue:
- Why Jerusalem is Jewish — By Arno Froese
- ON THE HORIZON:
- Analysis: Birthright Needs to Transform on Larger Scale
- Israel Praises Turkish Authority for Preventing Hezbollah Attack
- Relationship with American Jews Is Changing
- A Festival of Discrimination—Funded by the EU
- The Cyrus Cylinder
Ahmadinejad Demands WWII Reparations from Allied Powers
“You inflicted lots of damages to the Iranian nation, put your weight on the shoulders [of the Iranian people] and became victors in the World War II. You didn’t even share the war profits with Iran,” Ahmadinejad said. “If I say today that we will take full compensation ... know that we will stand to the end and will take it.”
“A team has been assigned to calculate all the damages (inflicted on Iran) in the Second World War. This will be an invoice they (Allies powers) must pay to the Iranian nation,” said Ahmadinejad.
Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran on August 26, 1941, codenamed
Operation Countenance to secure Iranian oil fields and ensure supply lines for the Soviets fighting Axis forces.
Food, fuel and other essentials were scarce amid mounting inflation and there was great hardship on the Iranian people as the needs of invading powers were given priority.
Ahmadinejad also warned that Iran may also demand compensation for the damages it suffered during World War I, the Western support for the former Pahlavi Dynasty and its hostility towards Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
-www.haaretz.com, 9 January 2010
Although it is virtually impossible for Iran to collect reparation for damages inflicted by the Allied powers during the wars, Ahmadinejad’s controversial personality knows how to upset the status quo of the civilized world. The motivating factor for the Iranian President’s attacks is obviously Israel. This tiny country on the Mediterranean has superseded its Arab and Muslim neighbors economically and, most importantly, scientifically. The growth and prosperity of Israel are the fuel for fanning additional hate toward the Jewish people. Ahmadinejad should take time to read the annals of history of the land of Persia, and he will find what’s written in 2 Chronicles 36:23: “Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.”
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