Stand For Freedom in Iran RALLY - Elie Wiesel - 9-24-09 [ StandWithUs protesters on stage & video ]

On Sept 24th, 2009, dozens of organizations and over 10,000 people came together by the UN in NYC to rally for Human Rights, freedom, and dignity in Iran - as well as the appearance by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN.

Elie Wiesel is a writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps.

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• Sep 24 2009
• elie wiesel
• standwithus
• iran
• israel
• ahmadinejad
• UN
• human rights
• freedom
• NYC
• jewish
• iranian
• united nations

[pouyan242]

This bastard is worse than Ahmadinejad. He's the resident clown of the Holocaust circus as Norm Finkelstein so eloquently said.

[LamaJoMaMa]

Mr. Rain,

Elie Wiesel has never been bothered by Israeli war crimes. He has, in fact, expressly stated that he would never under any circumstances criticize his favorite Holy State.

Wiesel was recently invited by Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein to travel with an international delegation to Gaza. He dismissed the invitation out of hand. (See youtube vids).

For an extensive account of Wiesel's hypocrisy and opportunism, see Mark Chmiel's book, Elie Wiesel and the Politics of Moral Leadership.

[raindropsonroses6]

okay, this comment you made makes no sense. why on earth would socialists admire Nazis? their political ideals are polar opposites. and Muslims are the ignorant children with our heads up our asses?

[arussianroulettekiss]

You don't deserve the name Julia....Now I'd like to change my name...nasty

[arussianroulettekiss]

They are called Muslims including some Liberals who take Socialism a little too far....as in they admire the Nazis who once ruled Germany. Ignore them because they are just ignorant children with their heads up their asses.

[arussianroulettekiss]

You need an education darling. I guess you plan on being cattle for some man....

[raindropsonroses6]

i read his book. it said nothing about using propaganda against other nations in order to increase sympathy for Israel, which is exactly what Mr. Wiesel is doing in this video.

[raindropsonroses6]

"many news sources". what a vague reference. i know "many news sources" (non-biased, non-governmental news sources) that reported that the election was fraud, for a number of reasons. for example, the voter turnout, the threats the regime made condemning the Mousavi supporters if they did not accept the results of the election (this statement was made long before the votes were even "counted"), the announcing that Ahmedinejad had won 75% of the vote 2 hours after polls were closed, etc.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

The funny thing is, before the Iranian elections many news sources said that Ahmadinejad was clear to win, regardless of whether the election was "fair" or not. Face it, Ahmadinejad is who the Iranians want.

[raindropsonroses6]

i agree. this rally should not have been about Israel, or Jews, or the Holocaust. this movement started out as the response to an election fraud, and is the fight for the rights of the Iranian people; no more, no less.