Iranians, We Will Never Bomb Your Country. We Heart You.

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Comment by Tony Nuspl on March 27, 2012 at 3:41pm

"Facebook turns into a goodwill forum for Iranians and Israelis"
reporting by Vita Bekker and Michael Theodoulou
March 2012

TEL AVIV // What started as a Facebook post by an Israeli graphic designer aiming to prevent a war between Israel and Iran has turned into an increasingly popular online campaign.

Ronny Edry, a Tel Aviv-based father of two, last weekend posted a photo of himself in a white shirt holding his five-year-old ponytailed daughter waving a small Israeli flag, with a banner below them reading: "Iranians. We love you. We will never bomb your country."

His message to Israel's archenemy sparked a deluge of mutual goodwill in cyberspace between Israelis and Iranians that is smashing stereotypes and offering evidence that some opposition exists in both countries against the headline-grabbing rhetoric of their leaders.

A page that Mr Edry initiated on the social-networking site Facebook titled "Israel-Loves-Iran" has already drawn almost 15,000 "Likes". Another page that he says was started by Iranians and is called "Iran-Loves-Israel" has spurred nearly 3,000 "Like" button clicks.

The campaign has spurred a swap of photos between Israelis and Iranians that are plastered with the words: "We Love You."

http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/facebook-turns-int...

Although there were some sarcastic graphics at first, the campaign became a genuine people-to-people online movement:

"Israeli-Iranian solidarity exchange sweeps Facebook" -- Sunday, March 18 2012 | by Dimi Reider

http://972mag.com/israeli-iranian-solidarity-exchange-sweeps-facebo...

A recent survey found a whopping 50 percent of Israelis were totally opposed to an attack on Iran.

An earlier survey that specifically asked if Israel should attack on Iran on its own found 65 percent of Israelis were opposed.