Ahmadinejad: Israel to "be soon swept away"

Ahmadinejad: Israel to be 'swept away soon'

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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."

Comment: Psalm 83:1-4

1 Do not keep silent, O God!
         Do not hold Your peace,
         And do not be still, O God!
2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;
         And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
         And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
         That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

CFG: Ahmadinejad archive