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As someone who was born and lived in #Iran for a while [till I was ~15], have some thoughts to share about Quds day, and generally the hatred against #Israel that& #39;s being taught there:
- When I was 7, first day of school was a hell, long queues in the schoolyard
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As someone who was born and lived in #Iran for a while [till I was ~15], have some thoughts to share about Quds day, and generally the hatred against #Israel that& #39;s being taught there:
- When I was 7, first day of school was a hell, long queues in the schoolyard
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Principle was shouting the rules of school and how different they were than our houses& #39; rules.
Then the ritual began "Repeat this after me" he says, "Death to America" "Death to Israel" he adds! and we ignorantly were shouting those chants! without even knowing where Israel
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Then the ritual began "Repeat this after me" he says, "Death to America" "Death to Israel" he adds! and we ignorantly were shouting those chants! without even knowing where Israel
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and US were!
- When I was 11-12, National Television channels were repeatedly playing a song " یه مسجد وسط دو تا مثلث اسیره" which means "A mosque was hold captive between two triangles [refers to Magen David "Star of David" in the flag of #Israel"]! Islamic Regime of #Iran
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- When I was 11-12, National Television channels were repeatedly playing a song " یه مسجد وسط دو تا مثلث اسیره" which means "A mosque was hold captive between two triangles [refers to Magen David "Star of David" in the flag of #Israel"]! Islamic Regime of #Iran
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kept injecting its propaganda against Israel to its own people! We were told that the Israeli lands were Palestinians& #39; home since the beginning of time! We were never told that Jews were living and worshiping in/towards Jerusalem for
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centuries even before Muhammed& #39;s birth!
- I clearly remember the first time I went to Quds Day demonstrations! I had no clue why I was taken to that event! I didn& #39;t know where was Israel! I didn& #39;t know why was I shouting "Death to Israel"
I was just shouting it, loudly and
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- I clearly remember the first time I went to Quds Day demonstrations! I had no clue why I was taken to that event! I didn& #39;t know where was Israel! I didn& #39;t know why was I shouting "Death to Israel"
I was just shouting it, loudly and
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Repeatedly!
We were brainwashed robots! we were numbers and figures in their statistics and videos!
This is the reality of Quds Day demonstrations: Free flags, gathering kids around as a fun day without knowing what the hell this is and being filmed by their cams!
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We were brainwashed robots! we were numbers and figures in their statistics and videos!
This is the reality of Quds Day demonstrations: Free flags, gathering kids around as a fun day without knowing what the hell this is and being filmed by their cams!
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As long as someone don& #39;t READ from somewhere different than the #Iran sources, they wouldn& #39;t know why they were told to hate #Israel or to say "Death to"! they just DO!
It& #39;s been more than a decade that I KNOW what Israel really is, so I proudly say:
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It& #39;s been more than a decade that I KNOW what Israel really is, so I proudly say:
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