Stupid Al Jezeera

AJ is running an article how Iranian President Ahmadinahad is marking Al-Quds Day (for the sane people like us Jerusalem Day) as a day of "protest against Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories."

Tens of thousands marched through the streets of Tehran in support of Palestinians, chanting "Death to Israel" for al-Quds Day, observed annually on the last Friday of Ramadan.

"Death to Israel," huh.

Ahmadinejad provoked an international outcry shortly after his election in 2005 when he quoted Ayatollah Khomeini as saying the "regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time", widely mistranslated in the international media as "Israel must be wiped from the map".

Can you tell me exactly what the difference is between, "Death to Israel, regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time," and " Israel must be wiped off the map?"

Apparently it's OK to say the Israeli government (I'm assuming that's who he's referring to, I'm sure he's not referring to the Arabs) "must vanish from the page of time," and to chant "Death to Israel," but wiping of sovereign country off the map, well! We can't have that can we!

Ahh, bias, bias, bias. Thank You Al Jezeera for the remarkable work you do in in your reporting.