why should Israel be afraid of Iran? and why does Iran hate Israel so much ?
372555
Fear is not the correct term.  Wary would be a better term.\nHistorically, since the Establishment of the state of Israel, the Islamic nations surrounding Israel have vehemently opposed the existence of a state not driven by the Koran/Islamic law.  This is especially apparent with the number of wars over this region since 1948.  Currently the government of IRAN is controlled by radical and anti-Semitic people.  The president of IRAN has continuously expressed a desire to end the state of Israel.  With there nuclear program, this has heightened the concern  as radical Islamists have demonstrated a willingness to kill or destroy ANYTHING to achieve there goals.\n\nThe HATE of IRAN for Israel  goes beyond just IRAN.  Almost every nation surrounding Israel wishes to push Israel "into the sea."  This demonstrates a fundamental mindset of Middle eastern Islam against Israel.  It come down to two main reasons: 1)All people of Islam should be governed by a government whose laws are Islamic.  Any laws that go against Islamic teachings are forbiden.  Israel  has a very liberal laws in regards to religion and women.  2)  The land of Israel contains many sites Holy to Islam.  Placing control of these sites under non-Islamic people is seen as wrong.  Especially as for security reasons,  Israeli government limits access to these sites
646786
Israel has been trying to "mend fences" (no relation to the current security fence being built between Israel and the disputed territories) for many years but unfortunately does not have a partner for peace with the Palestinians. The USA is Israel's only ally because like Israel, the US is: \n- a democratic state.\n- a state that has been attacked by terrorism.\n- a leader in medical and scientific research.\n- a state where the people value freedom, capitalism and equal rights for women.\n\nIran's comment are nothing more that propaganda. If there is any justice in this world (and the UN) then the world will never allow Iran (a rogue state) to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
611682
They attack other countries, but they see us as the biggest threat to their way of life, so they attack us the most.  They think we are going to colonialize the rest of the world (I can't say that I disagree), and since they see our (western) lifestyles as evil, they want to stop us before that happens to them by raising awareness in their own countries of our evil deeds.  It certainly doesn't help that we back Israel.
644008
In my view,Iran is as entitled to develop a nuclear program just as much as anybody else,regardless of whether it's for energy or military use.Iran has a hostile neighbour that is bristling with nuclear weapons,so who can blame them if they're trying to develop an effective defence system.Israel is a country which is founded and run according to religious fundamentalism and in my view they are the most likely to be the protagonists for the next nuclear war but nobody is prepared to try to disarm them or halt any nuclear research and development.I am from the czech Republic by the way.
368891
I think he has no right to attack Iran because they want to use nuclear source.  If they did want  to have nuclear energy  and weapons their country should have the right to  defend themselves if it was ISRAEL that was doing this there would be no problem and they already have nuclear weapons at Iran.The weapons part  situation should be look over and watch put I believe that we should not have the right to  say you can not  have nuclear energy or weapons.To allow to defend themselves and they may be using it nuclear for power or energy that is what they are saying they are doing.The one thing that bothers me is that Israel can do these things and the other middle east country cannot that is not fair that is saying we can do it and you cannot.
99096
Israel \n\n-Israel have nuclear weapons\n-Israel is racist entity\n-Israel have the dream of the domination of the world\n-Israel kill each day innocents but Iran dont
271208
I believe war is hinging on the Israeli PM elections, if Netanyahu is elected he has said he will attack Iran. Iran is looking for an excuse to launch an attack on Israel and they have the weapons to do it. If Israel attacks Iran they will play the self-defense card and launch a major chemical and or Nuclear strike on Israel. Then the domino's begin fall. Look for Venezuela to do something, they seem to be pretty "chummy" with Iran as of late. I wouldn't be surprised at all if South American Nations were able to launch attacks against the US much like Iran is doing in Iraq now. And then there is always the wild-card on the Korean Peninsula.
154004
You ask a question so twisted in meaning that it is hard to figure out how to give an answer that is meaningful to the question.  The U.S. has had very little to trust about the government that Iran has had since 1979.  Iran has expressed the desire to drive Israel out of the Middle East, Iran has sponsored events that call the Holocust of the 1930's and 40's as being a myth, and indeed something that did not happen.  This Myth is supposedly been used to create the state of Israel in 1948.  Part of Irans political agenda is for the destruction of Israel.  The President of Iran states that Israel should be moved to either Germany or the U.S.  I do not understand why they should be Germany's problem if there was no Holocust, and the thought is to return them to the U.S. where they came from, however the Jewish people have been around for over 6,000 years and America has only been populated by the "Old World" for the past 500 years.  The land of Israel and/or Palistine is mentioned in the Bible written long before the Muslim Religion was founded some 700 or so years later.  Why is it so hard for Iran to understand that with their background based in hatered of other people's of the world that the U.N. would want to monitor the peaceful use of Nuclear Power that Iran wants to develope.  How can they not see that the world will not trust that their intentions are not merely peaceful after their history which is an open book.  It is important to the free world to monitor the use of Nuclear Materials and maintain a strict inventory of them.  I hope that this answer has covered all the double talk that your question has posed.
620609
Their hatred of Israel is greater then that of the United States.  I suppose they'd also state this because every one knows they already have missile systems that can reach Israel, but they don't have them that can reach the United States yet.  So its a double win for them; they attack our ally and the one they hate the most.
973530
It has been long thought (decades) by many members of radical Islam that the state of Israel must not exist.  Old habits die hard, hate breeds more hate.
982113
It's a threat. They're enriching themselves in uranium and soon will blow up Israel and ignite a world war.  I don't know why the UN is such a pussy on Iran or why Bush hasn't taken a strong action against Iran. If the Bush administration or Israel invades Iran they will have my full support. I don't hate Iranians or muslims but radical islamics are a threat to society. I hope you don't think I'm a bigot.
358761
It is dangerous for numerous reasons:\n\n1.  The Iranian President is a madman, who threatens to destroy Israel and Western civilizations because he feels they are attacking Islam.\n\n2.  If he acquires nuclear weapons, the US has roughly 150,000 troops in the region.  They would be sitting ducks...\n\n3.  If Iran attacks Israel, the US will have to get involved militarily.\n\n4.  The Iranian President came to power by fixing the election in his favor.  One who achieves power this way cannot be trusted.\n\nDid I forget anything?
1181764
They hate America and the west in general for its support for Israel. They believe Israel, christians, americans, etc.. are all infidels. They are driven by a fanatical religion called islam. And the "peaceful ones" don't speak out or do anything, and they only get angry when someone insults islam.\n\nAnd yes, many "normal" citizens hate USA. They are very anti-american. Most of them are fanatics with islam. In Iran, there are days where they all parade in streets and scream "death to america!" over and over. Are you telling me thats just "some" of the people?\n\nbut Iraq hasn't been very anti-american lately, so may be in the future pro-americanism will spread across there and a more peaceful verson of islam will be created? ( I think theres already one, and it'll probably get more popular, don't forget that christianity and judasisim were pretty vicious religions when they began)\n\n"But most of these Muslim people are family-oriented, peaceful people."\nThe countries don't even have civil rights. women are treated awfully and theres blatant anti-israel and anti-american propaganda there.\n\n\n"If your family members were killed, your house was destroyed, you had no future, you could not travel, and your country was occupied by foreigners intent on taking your resources, would you be inclined to display a smile and say, "have a nice day?"\n\nFor one, if your family members were killed in Iraq (if they were citizens there) they were probably involved with al-quieda. \n\n2) Foreigners taking their resources? Ameriac hasn't stolen any oil, explain why the oil is so high. Saddam hussein took their resources and spent the money all on himself and left the people in poverty. WMDs or not, it was enough to take that phyco out. \n\n3) And, Iraq is not an official republic government. USA has made it clear that they would leave any time Iraq asks them to (Iraq has said they want them to stay until the jobs done).\n\nIMO, I would rather have my country occupied with a nation seeking to free me from an insane dictator than living under the guy for years to come.
383563
No, Israel is already the world's scapegoat for problems it has had little part in creating.\n\nWhat is necessary is a UN resolution requiring the intervention of an International police force to go in and dismantle any and all nuclear programs in Iran.  Iran should be informed that any attempt by Iranians or anyone else to interfere will be responded to militarily to the extent that is necessary.  That would leave the going to war to be their decision.  Hopefully,  they would back down.\n\nIran, an Islamic dictatorship by definition unstable and unreliable, has no right to nuclear power nor to the possession of nuclear fuel. Those who discovered and developed it would never have wished it extended to Iran.\n\nThe problem here is that the UN generally produces resolutions that are irresponsible, unjust, and politically motivated.  They tend to ignore the reality of every international situation.  It simply is an organization that is counterproductive to world peace. Of course fear of annihilation might wake up even the dimmest and most self-interested minds on the face of the earth, and many of them are apparently found in the UN.\n\nThe U.S. is only over its limit because it cannot find the political will to do what is necessary while that is still possible.\n\nThe same situation existed in the six years previous to WWII.\n\nThen the free world waited too long to react to the undeniable intentions of Hitler. As a result we counted the dead not in hundreds but in the tens of millions!  Will it wait too long again?
350961
The problem isn't that Israel exists, or that there are Arabic (or Persian in the case of Iran) nations. The problem isn't that Israel is occupying Palestine and the Golan Heights. Yes, the Israel-Palestine conflict offers regional leaders "reason" to attack Israel. There would still be much infighting between the many ethnic groups in the region without the Jewish Homeland.\nThe problem arose with the end of the First World War and the division of much of the old Ottoman (Turkish) Empire's Middle-Eastern territory, from the Palestine (as I will refer to the pre-Israel Holy-Land) into Persia (Iran) and the Arabian Peninsula by France and Great Britain (the UK). Much like the division of Africa, ethnic and historical boundaries were disregarded, and unfriendly tribal peoples were crowded into the same states (much like Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda).\nResentment of the rule by the Western Powers, the Arabs and Persians looked to aid from Hitler's Germany in order to overthrow the French and British. Nazi involvement is therefore an important component in the anti-Semites in the  Middle-East.\nWith the departure of the Western Powers after the Second World War, the Arab states found their political Independence. However, the discovery of oil found the United States becoming increasingly interested in the area. The US sought economic superiority in the region, developing the strong-arm subterfuge tactics that it would later use in Latin America in order to try and control Middle-Eastern Governments. These tactics lead to mass unrest against foreign backed rulers, whether they were Capitalist or Communist (let Iran and Afghanistan be respective examples). Hatred of foreign blessed rulers, and the ideological strife  and rebellion these rulers caused are key causes of the lack of peace in the region. \nIsrael is supported by the US to a startling degree, while the other Middle-Eastern governments  are often products of anger against former rulers, generally fronted by the US. This hatred of America and her puppet rulers abroad is a cause of unrest in the Middle-East, as well as in Latin America (Castro originally led an uprising against US puppet dictator Fulgencio Batista, before US policies caused him to seek Soviet aid and shelter with the Communists), is a component of violent unrest in these regions.\nIt is naive to say that there is any one reason that there could be peace without Israel, or without the Arab (and Persian) states. It is naive to say that the elimination of any one reason is the root cause of unrest in the Middle-East, including the resentment of Israel. Three major reasons could be considered the most important.\n1. Former Franco-British control ignoring ethnic lines (ie lack of "Kashmiristan")\n2. Anti-Semitism introduced by Nazis (actually, this should be Anti-Zionist or Anti-Jewish feelings because the Arabians are actually a Semetic tribe)\n3. Oil and the resulting US attempts to control the region that led to anti-western sentiment that placed such governments in power--this also results in resentment of Israel because of its close ties with the US.\nThis is in no way a simple conflict, but a complex regional conflict with roots dating to the end of the First World War, perhaps even as far back as the Crusades. There are more reasons that I listed above that suggest that there could be much unrest without the Israeli state. \nIsrael's was most likely very much just the point where the Arab states "lost it".
13762
1. Iran didn't threaten Israel, the Iranian president said it should be wiped off map, and it doesn't mean anything, and is just a slogan.\n2. Israel won't dare attacking Iran, cause it knows how much military power iran has. If the war happens it would be some thing like the war between Iraq and Iran. All the western and Arabic countries supported Iraq, but Iran relied on it's people and won the war, even though it ended with a peace agreement, every one knows the winner of that war was Iran.\n3. Western countries won't let Israel attack Iran. Iran is one of the world's biggest suppliers of oil. The price of oil is currently about 60 dollars, with a war the price is going to be about 80-90 dollars, and it would cause unrecoverable damages to the economy of western countries.\n4. Iran is much larger than Israel and has a bigger and stronger army. The power of the armies of both countries almost matches up in air force, and navy. But iran has a much stronger Army. Israel is small so if Iran target Israel with missle, Israel will experience unrecoverable damages. But Israel can't target Iran with missles, and if it does it can't make that much of a damage.( Note the new anti missle and aircraft systems Iran bought from Russia, which covers the entire western parts of Iran.) \n5. There are alot of american forces around Iran that if Israel attacks and U.S. supports it, Iran can easily hit them. \n6. Iran has alot of allies around Israel. Syria, Lebanon, and even Palestine.\n7. People of Iran fully support it in war, even if they hate their government, the spirit of Iranians is that they won't let any foreign person or country rule over them, and as they did in the war between Iran and Iraq they will fully support their country in the war.\n8. God is with Iranians. Iranians have a strong faith in god, and with that faith they can do anything.\n9. I would definately take the side of Iran. Iran has the best and most reasonable democracy and system of government in the world. Israel is not a legal state, and has never been.
949016
I sympathize with your country's situation. But you have to understand that you have been taken control under a theocracy that is ruled by an anti-semitic radical muslim. We can't trust Iran's word to say that they will only use it for nuclear power giving the history of disagreement with Israel. Ahmanidejad has said he will blow up Israel and he doens't believe the Holocaust ever happened. The Iran-Iraq war was horrible and innocent lives were lost. The U.S. at that time did help Saddam because we viewed Iran as a bigger threat. I apologize on my country's behalf. But we were nervous of a potential Middle East crisis and we tried to salvage it. It's because of this history that we can't trust Ahmanidejad because we can't run the risk of him blowing up Israel or take over a weak Iraq. If this occurs, it will expand the war in the Middle East and possibly create a WWIII which will hurt everybody. This is why we don't support nuclear development in Iran. If you can guarantee us that Iran won't blow up Israel then who knows? Until then, try to see this from our point of view.