Why does Iran hate Israel?

Question

I get why the Arabs hate them but why does Iran? What is their beef?

Answer 1

I see it as an attempt by Iran to draw support to itself from pan-Arabia. While Ahmadinejad is not especially popular in his own Iran (he leaves his people in poverty to support such groups as Hezbollah), he enjoys vast support throughout the Arab world. Now with Saddam Hussein gone, he has a near uncontested spot as the leader of the extremist Arab world.

Answer 2

I personally do not believe Iran as a whole hates Israel, only the crazy politicians and religious leaders who support and/or command Ahmadinejad.
Sometimes they say that they hate Israel for displacing Palestinian refugees.... but I haven't heard much about them caring about this issue in the past!

Answer 3

Before Israel became a nation in 1948, the land was a British protectorate with many Arab people living in the land. There were a few Jewish people too. But the Arabs felt it was their land. Now that Israel is a nation.... made so by the United Nations, the Arabs call them occupiers. The Arabs call the land Palestine. They want the occupiers out of what they think is their land. They refuse to acknowledge that Judaism has had a long history in the land, and that Jews need a place to call home. The Jews have lived in the land much longer over history than the Arabs.... and hence have a historic right to the land. Iranians are muslims, and muslims long for the return of their 'messiah'. the 12th immam.. and they believe that chaos will usher in his return. So the more war they push, the sooner He will come. Its a spiritual thing even more than a political thing.
Israel has always been a favored land to control, being at the crux of so many nations, trade routes, as well as the wealth of the land in agriculture, tourism, and positioned between the red sea, the Mediterranean sea. and the fertile crescent.

Answer 4

Why not? Anyone with common sense know that zionism is wrong. And majority of the people in Israel believe in zionism. Afghanistan and iran hates Israel

Answer 5

Iran is a country, a country does not hate,Its that Midget bearded SOB that fell on his head when he was delivered that hates all.
In the 50s 6Os and 70s there were many Israelis in Iran ,they built new roads new hospitals new houses etc, all with the SHAS blessing.
Than came that deranged Ayatollah Humaine the hater of democracy AND INFECTED ALL

Answer 6

Because Iran and America have a tiff, and America is Israels biggest supporter, because America needs a home base in the ME. that's in a nut shell. Cheers!

PB: the asker did not ask people he said the country: I guess you are unfamiliar with the tiff between America and Iran in 1979? America support Khomeni why? because the shah upped the price of the oil. When khomeni came into power there was billions of $ owing to Iran and from that day on America has not paid it back. Anything to do with America Iran dislikes. Also for the fact what Israel is doing to the Palestinians, Iran has done much to help the refugees when no other arab country would. Also there are 1000's of Palestinians living in Iran. Cheers!

Answer 7

i heard that Iran hates Arabic countries also.

Answer 8

Every closed society needs a villain for the public to hate as a way to direct their focus away from their own domestic problems.

I suggest reading George Orwell's 1984. In it he highlights how this works.

North Korea will never be able to make peace with South Korea because doing so will cause its dictatorship to collapse.

The same is true about Iran.

Answer 9

Israel Facts the Media Isn't Telling You :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKq38COoTG8

Answer 10

Becaue they hate Iran and jews everywhere have in recent years mounted a truly ferocious international hate campaign for an all-out war to utterly demolish one of the world's oldest and richest cultures,that of ancient Persia. They hate them because (gasp!) they don't feel "obligated" to like jews. And nothing infuriates jews more than people who don't feel "obligated" to like them. Actually,Iran has never done anything whatsoever to hurt the occupation in Palestine. But they have spoken ill of it. Well,we can't have that. Speaking ill of it - just imagine. What better justification could there be for attacking a nation? You can't expect the chosen people to permit themselves to be spoken ill of. When people do that that they just aren't fulfilling their "obligation" to "like" jews. And so they must die. As horribly as possible. To make the world a safer and better place...for jews.