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Ahmadinejad: Israel to be "swept away soon"
May 13, 2008, 12:35 GMT
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Israel would 'be soon swept away' from the Palestinian Territories by the Palestinians.
It is the second time within less than three years that the Iranian president predicted the eradication of the Jewish state.
The first time was in 2005 when Ahmadinejad hoped that Israel would be eradicated from the Middle East map.
'This terrorist and criminal state is backed by foreign powers, but this regime would soon be swept away by the Palestinians,' Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in Tehran.
Referring to worldwide celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Israel's foundation, he said that 'it would be futile to hold a birthday ceremony for something which is already dead.'
'As far as the regional countries are concerned, this regime does not exist,' Ahmadinejad added.
The Iranian president said last week that the anniversary feasts could not save this 'rotten and stinking corpse.'
Ahmadinejad caused international outrage in the past by hoping for the eradication of Israel, the relocation of the Jewish state to Europe or Alaska and questioning the historic dimensions of the Holocaust.
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zionists; The Root of All Evil
The letter of Yusef, chief of the Jews of Constantinople that laid out a plan of infiltration and subversion of Christian Spain
Asked by the Jews of Spain how they could resist the King of Spain who was forcing them to convert or even killing them, Yusef replied:
Where you say that the King of Spain would convert you to Christianity, do it because you have no alternative. Where you say that they deprive you of your property, make your sons merchants so that little by little you can take theirs. Where you say that they are robbing you of your lives, make your sons doctors and apothecaries so that you can end theirs. Where you say that they are destroying your synagogues, make your sons clerics and theologians, so you can destroy their churches. And as far as your other troubles are concerned, make your sons advocates, administrators, lawyers, and advisors, and let them take part in affairs of state so that you can control those affairs and gain land.
He forgot to mention media, but it’s understandable by that time
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margeMay 13th, 2008 - 18:05:55
There are many people and countries in the world besides Iran that look forward to the eradication of Israel because of Israel's land stealing, genocide, war crimes, and human rights violations against the Palestinian people. Many recognize that Israel is the root of most of the conflict in the Middle East, which has spreaded to other parts of the world.
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JUSTICE FOR ALL WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONDEMN AND REJECT ISRAEL!!!!!!
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