Israel hearts Iran

Mar 20

Web Only

Israel hearts Iran

Online campaign challenges growing tensions between the two countries.

Amid growing tensions between Israel and Iran, two Israeli graphic designers have created a Facebook campaign aimed at challenging the warmongering rhetoric, as first reported by +972 magazine.

Ronnie Edri and Michal Tamir designed an emblem that reads, “Iranians, we will never bomb your country. We <3 you” and now dozens of Israelis have added it to their Facebook photos. The campaign also spurred the creation of similar emblems by Iranians.

Here are some examples of the online campaign:

View the story "Israel hearts Iran" on StorifyIsrael hearts IranOnline campaign challenges the growing tensions between the two countries. Storified by The Stream · Mon, Mar 19 2012 18:03:14IsraelovesiranIsraelovesiranDear Iranians,I know that our government searches for outlets to the public’s dissatisfaction with the economic issues. Unfortunately they’ve decided YOU are the best solution – to be afraid of, to hate.I refuse to be part of this spin-off. I refuse to hate or fear people that are struggling so hard for their freedom – I choose to admire you and your perseverance.I hope we’ll meet next year in Taharan or in Tel-Aviv. We love you."People do not want wars"--from former IDF soldier. My name is Einav, 34 years old,I’m writing at the moment from Tel-Aviv, but in the last 5 years I live abroad, 2 years in the States, and 3 years in Berlin, my home at the moment.Between 95-97 I was a soldier in the IDF at the office of the chief of general stuff, later on I volunteered in Machsom-watch, an organization of Israeli women for human rights in the occupied territories. I was evident to 4 explosions in Tel-Aviv during my life there, was visiting in Palestinian villages, and saw the life conditions there, saw the daily life in the check-points, and do not agree with any act of occupation, violent or war.In Germay I’m writing my PhD in philosophy, I have close friends from all over the world, among them from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Iran. People who do not live in their mother-lands (like me) and in a neutral environment can react to the human side of the others. I wish the normality of our daily life at the moment in Berlin was the role. I wish for creativity freedom and peace.IsraelovesiranTo the Iranian peopleTo all the fathers, mothers, children, brothers and sistersFor there to be a war between us, first we must be afraid of each other, we must hate.I'm not afraid of you, I don't hate you.I don t even know you. No Iranian ever did me no harm. I never even met an Iranian…Just one in Paris in a museum. Nice dude.I see sometime here, on the TV, an Iranian. He is talking about war.I'm sure he does not represent all the people of Iran. If you see someone on your TV talking about bombing you …be sure he does not represent all of us.I'm not an official representative of my country. I m a father and a teacher. I know the streets of my town, I talk with my neighbors, my family, my students, my friends and in the name of all these people …we love you.We mean you no harm. On the contrary, we want to meet, have some coffee and talk about sports.To all those who feel the same, share this message and help it reach the Iranian people.Ronny, Tel-Aviv AkamaihdPeace can come in many ways...:) AkamaihdA response from an Iranian to the image above:wow, i am an iranian (lives in canada),i can not express my feeling when i read this, i promise you iranian have the same feeling about you too, i have met a couple from your country and we had a great time talking and eating with each other... i wish one day we can all live in peace...Asal SouriA response to Israelis from an Iranian:AkamaihdFrom Mehdi Pourian on Facebook:Happy Nowruz to Israel......Nowrūz IPA: [nouˈɾuːz], meaning "[The] New Day") is the name of the Iranian New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations. Nowruz is also widely referred to as the "Persian New Year".Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, Caucasus, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some groups in the Balkans.Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed.The Jewish festival of Purim is probably adopted from the Persian New Year. It is also a holy day for Sufis, Ismailis, Alawites, Alevis, and adherents of the Bahá'í Faith.AkamaihdFrom Dow Sin, an Iranian:AkamaihdOther memes were more playful:AkamaihdAkamaihdAkamaihdSome were caustic, as the one below:972mag

Content on this website is for general information purposes only. Your comments are provided by your own free will and you take sole responsibility for any direct or indirect liability. You hereby provide us with an irrevocable, unlimited, and global license for no consideration to use, reuse, delete or publish comments, in accordance with Community Rules & Guidelines and Terms and Conditions.

Tuesday: How are South Koreans adapting to their rapidly changing population? Record a video for the show.

Tweet to @AJStream