Peace activists in Israel have launched an internet campaign to try to prevent conflict with Iran



Peace activists in Israel have bombarded Iranians with a single message this week: We love you. A video has been posted on YouTube showing Israelis belonging to different ages and classes, sending messages of love and peace to Iranians. In a single day, one of the videos was viewed almost 40,000 times.

"For there to be a war between us, first we must be afraid of each other," say activists on the video. "For there to be a war between us, first we must hate. I'm not afraid of you, I do not hate you, we don't hate you.

"I don't even know you, we never met an Iranian... Sometimes I see here on the TV, an Iranian, he's talking about war, I'm sure he does not represent all the people of Iran. If you see somebody on the TV who's talking about bombing you, be sure he doesn't represent all of us," say others. "We love you."

The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, reported at the weekend that hundreds of anti-war activists also rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday in protest at a possible military strike against Iran.

A Facebook campaign of "Israel loves Iran" has also been launched, attracting more than 40,000 members so far.

Here are some reactions to the anti-war campaigns on Twitter:

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Facebook Diplomacy: 'Israel Loves Iran' Pages Take Off - on.mash.to/GF6mbr — Pete Cashmore (@mashable) March 20, 2012



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Prominent Iranian cartoonist, Mana Neyestani, has reacted to the campaign by posting a cartoon on his Facebook page.

Beautiful cartoon by Mana Neyestani portraying the unfortunate disconnect:""Israel loves Iran" and vice versa"facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… — Hooman Taravati (@taravati) March 25, 2012 And meanwhile:

Meanwhile, US president Barack Obama urged Iran to resolve its nuclear standoff diplomatically. The president was speaking in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, ahead of an international summit on nuclear security.