I'm sorry, but I don't agree that Jon Stewart was courageous for hosting these guests. I think he is a very decent human being and he deserves credit for hosting critics of Israel even though he is Jewish himself, while others have been preventing any criticism of Israel to be voiced in public. But the fact that only a Jew can host a program like this and keep his job while an American Christian or Muslim would be crucified in the press as an anti-semite (and possibly lose his or her job) shows that on some very important issues Jews have freedom of speech while non-jews do not. I consider that a problem.

How do you know the female recipients had "far less imposing credentials than previous- and/or current-year male prize recipients"? One female recipient was an ethnic German from Romania who wrote about living in communist Romania under Ceausescu and she won the prize for literature. The other female received the prize for economics (sharing it with a male recipient). Are you an authority on literature and economics?

I voted for Obama and I think he's a significant improvement over George Bush. That does not qualify him for the Nobel Peace prize. Considering his recent hate speech against Iran, I do not think he has earned the Nobel Peace Prize. Maybe in 3 years or after his second term.

On Gaza, he has backed down against his opposition to new Israeli settlements. The UN recently condemned Israel for war crimes in Gaza and the first reaction from our gov't was to criticize the report. If you are not aware of this its because the strong jewish influence in our media has ensured any criticism of Israel will get as much attention in this country as Australian Rules Football does. Not only does Obama need to do more, he needs to show some backbone and not let Jewish lobbyists shape the USA's foreign policy.

I love the title of this article. I knew it was propaganda immediately when Obama and Sarkozy were making their accusations. The west is participating in a "hatefest" of Iran because it dares to stand up for its rights and help Israel's victims (Palestinians and Lebanese).

The world knows the justification for the creation of Israel was the holocaust and President Ahmadinjad asks the valid question: Why do Palestinians have to suffer and give up their land for an event that occurred in Europe? His questioning of the holocaust is an expression of "free speech" - something the west preaches to the rest of the world but does not completely believe in itself.

The image of Israel is changing. As much as the establishment and western countries defend Israel and accuse the Islamic countries, people are waking up to the truth - that Israel is an aggressive war mongering country. The internet has helped very much in overcoming the pro-Israel propagandistic newspapers in the west (USA, Canada and Europe).

I would like to see protests against this kind of talk. I have a few ideas on what I what like to see done to those senators, but I'm not sure if its legal for me to say what I'm thinking.

I would like to see organized protests against US attacks on Muslim nations and US support for Israel. The two go hand in hand. Where are the college organizations and students that were so effective in protesting things in the past (Vietnam, civil rights, etc.)? There needs to be a movement to protest our complete support of Israel's policies and attacking other countries on their behalf.

The UN condemned Israel for war crimes the other day and Obama dismissed the report as unfair. I think Obama's right hand man, Rahm Emanuel (former Israeli soldier and son of an Israeli terrorist) is having an affect on Obama's policy decisions and his pronouncements.

There appears to be a large opposition to the leader Ahmadinejad, but most of what the press reports is very misleading or sometimes an outright lie. Ahmadinejad also has a many supporters.

With the hate campaign going on against Iran, keep in mind Iran is one of the most democratic countries in the middle east. Its one of the few countries that has elections, even if they're imperfect. Remember the 2000 election in the USA. A lot of people protested that Bush did not win that too.

The USA and Great Britain over through the Iranian democracy in 1953. I believe Iran's form of government shows it wants to be a democracy and will move closer to being a less faulted one as time goes on. Contrary to the neo-con strategy, if the USA wants Iran to be more democratic it should stop threatening them. When a country feels threatened the government will usually become more authoritarian.

But anybody whose following this thing knows it that the whole hullabaloo is about Israel. Their supporters want the USA to attack Iran (a new poll says 53% of American Jews think the USA should attack Iran) and once again their people surrounding the President are shaping the USA's strategy.

Do you remember just a few weeks ago that Obama was criticizing Israel for its settlements on occupied territories. He wanted them to commit to stop building there and Netanyahu said no. Now all of a sudden that discussion no longer appears in the press. Instead of ratcheting up the pressure (perhaps seeking to cut aid to Israel), Obama is now threatening Israel's enemy. Israel's intransigence gets rewarded. Its easier to go along with what they want.

I don't remember if I read it on this site, but Zbignew Brezinski said we should attack Israel if Israel attacks Iran. I hope that kind of thinking spreads. I don't want Israel or anyone else to be attacked, but as soon as the USA stops behaving like a colony of Israel, we will have many fewer wars in the future. <div style="display:block;margin:6px 0 0"><a class="a2a_dd" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save">

About half of my relatives live in Europe. I wish the EU would not oppose Iran and I haven't asked my relatives , but I doubt if they consider Iran a threat at all. Iran has stated repeatedly it does not want nuclear weapons and its program is for the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Also, it is a member of the NPT (unlike Israel and India) and has not violated the provisions of that treaty (despite the propaganda the media has churning out lately).

The main reason we are threatening Iran is because Israel is their enemy. Iran supports the Palestinians and Hezbollah. Hezbollah receive weapons from Iran so that Lebanon can defend itself when Israel attacks.

I agree with what you said Andrea_Nyx. Its so Israel has military superiority in the middle east. Right now Israel can murder 1,400 Palestinians and thousands of Lebanese without repercussions. If Iran had nuclear weapons that would also change.

However, Iran states it is not developing nuclear weapons and it doesn't want them. It is completely within its rights under the IAEA treaty it signed to pursue the peaceful use of nuclear power and the USA has no proof it is trying to build weapons. Despite the fact Iran is a member of the IAEA treaty, the USA and other western nations passed a motion in the UN contravening the IAEA treaty which condemned Iran's nuclear research. Nuclear research is of course legal under the treaty otherwise how could a country pursue the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Meanwhile India and Israel, which are not members of the IAEA treaty, work on nuclear weapons in complete secrecy.

Racism is a terrible trait. I hope that someday Jews learn to live with other people and accept others for who they are.

But isn't it ironic how these bigots call all the shots. The UN has just released the Goldstone Report which condemned Israel for war crimes in Gaza. But you wouldn't know it for any news media that reported on it. Because the report also contained a few lines criticizing Palestinian actions, the media reports that both sides were guilty. They are deliberately reporting the story inaccurately. Ninety nine percent of the report criticized Israel's murder of 1,400 Palestinians and one percent of the report criticized Palestinian actions. Twelve Israelis died.

The western powers actions (and inaction) demonstrate their collaboration in these war crimes. Although Israel attacked and massacred 1,400 Palestinians , the western government's (USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, etc.) said nothing. Indeed they supported it. These governments have participated in a blockade of goods sent into Gaza. The Palestinians are barely surviving.

Iran is the only country that openly supports the Palestinians. They also support Hezbollah. Hezbollah was founded as a national liberation movement in Lebanon in 1982 to throw the Israeli invaders out after they murdered thousands including overseeing the massacres at the Sabra and Shatila camps.

The Iranian President Ahmadinejad also makes statements questioning the holocaust (or certain aspects of it). He, like every other leader in the UN is fully aware that the holocaust is used as justification by the Israelis for starting wars, murdering Arabs and threatening the entire middle east and parts of Africa. The sympathy Jews have accrued after forty years of endless discussion of the holocaust gives Israel carte blanche to do almost anything. Jews are fully aware of this and that is why the discussion never ends. The holocaust is why the world is completely silent when Israelis are massacring 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza.

But because Iran's president questions the holocaust and supports the people the Israelis are murdering, the USA and the other western lackey's have pumped up the rhetoric in the press so it sounds like the USA or Israel are justified in attacking Iran and will do so soon.

You wouldn't know it from the press (100% pro Israel), but Iran is completely within its rights under the IAEA treaty it signed. It does not have to report a nuclear facility immediately or in fact for years. Iran reported this facility in fact earlier than it was required to. But Obama appears to want to attack anyway. Iran is a signatory of the treaty and has abided by its rules, while Israel has not signed the treaty, has an estimated 150 nuclear missiles and everything it does is in complete secrecy. No outsider has ever seen their facilities. But the inspectors have been inspecting Iran's facilities for years despite American harassment of Iran.

Regarding Ahmadinejad's statements about the holocaust, whatever happened to freedom of speech, or is that only good for American's and British. That would help explain why America overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953 and installed a dictator - The Shah.