Earlier, the League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission documented scores of thousands of Arabs pouring into the land from surrounding countries to take advantage of the economic development going on because of the influx of Jewish capital. Many more entered under cover of darkness and were simply never recorded. And many others had entered just a bit earlier than that with the conquests of Egypt 's Muhammad Ali and Ibrahim Pasha in the latter 19th century.

     Arab settlers and colonizers...

     Now, we're all familiar with the Arab take on this, but how do Iranians like Ahmadinejad see the picture?

     Well, at any hint of unrest in Khuzestan/Arabistan, Iran is quick to act in its own national interests--as it should.

     So, for example, when Khuzestani Arabs of the Nahda (Renaissance) movement bombed Iranian targets not long ago in Ahwaz and elsewhere, Iran arrested thousands of Arabs and set out to "fix" the problem by any means necessary.

     While this is still going on as I write, keep in mind that Iranians are doing likewise to Kurds, Baluchis, and others as well who dare to assert their own political rights. Thousands have been killed as a result over the years in the name of Iranian nationalism.

     So, this all begs the question...

     Why, in Ahmadinejad's eyes, is Israel supposed to consent to national suicide so Arab colonizers can have their 22nd state and second one in Palestine at the expense of the Jews' one, but Arabistan should not gain independence from Iran as well?

     What's good for the goose is good for the gander...no?

     Moving on to another related issue, with Iran's continuously blatant threats to Israel's very existence, the reality is that Iran is indeed playing with fire in its baiting of the Jews.

     Ahmadinejad & Co. may calculate that  Iran can absorb what might be coming and which they are indeed asking for by threatening the Jew of the Nations.

     But all peoples must take such threats seriously. And, in light of frequent past experiences over the millennia( Iran 's and other Holocaust-deniers notwithstanding), especially Jews.

     A few words of advice, however...

     If Israel is forced to act, this cannot be done half way. Tit for tat won't work. The location of the Iranian nuclear facilities and its massive armed forces are just part of the problem.

     Iran 's Hizbullah proxies in southern Lebanon --armed to the teeth with tens of thousands of rockets and such courtesy of  Iran and Syria --must be hit massively and simultaneously a la June 5th, 1967 when Israel took out multiple Arab air forces and such. The murderous, rejectionist leadership must be targeted there as well.

     If this is not done, at the very least all of northern Israel will pay an unacceptable price.

     None of this should be taken lightly...and it isn't, I'm sure.

     One could hope that saner minds in Iran will take control of the situation.

     Not that long ago, after all, during the days of the late Shah, Jews had it much better. This was true for much of  Iran 's history after the spread of Islam...ups and downs, often according to whether the mullahs or the shahs were calling the shots.

     While Israel's close relationship with the Pahlavis may have complicated matters (but why shouldn't Israel had sought friends in the region...the Shah was no more despotic than anything the Arabs or Iran's own mullahs have to offer?), there still might be hope for a better tomorrow considering the Jews' millennial relationship with the Iranian people.

     Yet Israel can't simply wait for "hope" to materialize into something better.

     In the meantime, while Ahmadinejad and others try to cover their own rejectionist hatred with lame excuses, please remember them for the liars, hypocrites, and/or  Arab stooges that they are.

     And when you hear Iranians speak of " Palestine ," answer them with Arabistan.   

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