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Ahmadinejad: Iran will support Hamas until collapse of Israel
By DPA
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday to keep supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas until the "collapse of Israel."

The Iranian news agency Khabar quoted Ahmadinejad as telling Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh that Iran views the support of the Palestinian people as part of its religious and national duty and that Iran will stand behind the Palestinian nation "until the big victory feast which is the collapse of the Zionist regime."

In a phone conversation between the two leaders, the Iranian president said that the continued Hamas resistance against Israel and the group's achievements would always be "a source of pride for all Muslims."
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Iran does not acknowledge the sovereignty of Israel and vowed to support Hamas until what Ahmadinejad calls "deliverance from Zionists (Israel)."

Haniyeh, the leader of the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, was elected Palestinian prime minister in 2006, but was dismissed in June 2007 by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, after Hamas violently seized control over the Gaza Strip from Abbas' Palestinian Authority.

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      1.   Yeah Well Then... 15:52  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      2.   Why this pervert is still alive or free in "society"? 16:15  |  JP 12/09/08
      3.   Just another reason to strike first 16:16  |  a 12/09/08
      4.   Hamas was elected to lead, and the CIA, Israel didn`t like this 16:37  |  Christian Arab 12/09/08
      5.   I am proud of Iran`s Ahmadinejad and all of Hamas freedom fighter 16:38  |  muslim 12/09/08
      6.   haha, Israel will be around alot longer than you and Hamas 16:40  |  David 12/09/08
      7.   A GREAT RESPONSE FROM AMERICA.... 16:46  |  Brant 12/09/08
      8.   URGENT: NEED IMMEDIATE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN HAMASS AND FETAH ASAP 16:52  |  dav zee 12/09/08
      9.   this column is short of the anti semitic peaceniks 17:07  |  victor hardman 12/09/08
      10.   Evil Iran regime will collapse first 17:08  |  Semsem 12/09/08
      11.   this clown very soon will get what he deserves 17:27  |  Igor D. 12/09/08
      12.   HE WANTED TO SAY THIS 17:40  |  indrajaya 12/09/08
      13.   Between Israel there is no good guy or bad guy 17:47  |  Natallie Durson 12/09/08
      14.   More Ahmadin`s Sign of Dwindling Resources Than Threat to Israel! 17:51  |  Peter 12/09/08
      15.   A TRAIN THAT WONT COME 18:01  |  Dr Noam 12/09/08
      16.   Why Israel is still trust Russia? 18:02  |  Vital 12/09/08
      17.   A TRAIN THAT WONT COME 18:02  |  Dr Noam 12/09/08
      18.   Profound words 18:03  |  Natallie Durson 12/09/08
      19.   Iran`s Threats on Israel 18:06  |  Brod 12/09/08
      20.   DR NOAM is right on 18:09  |  ISLAMIC GUIDE 12/09/08
      21.   Maybe he was mistranslated? 18:14  |  Realist 12/09/08
      22.   #10, Natalie, hamas charter calls for killing Jews, they ARE bad 18:18  |  David 12/09/08
      23.   Ahmadindjad 18:19  |  Jane 12/09/08
      24.   Question for Durson 18:22  |  Daniel 12/09/08
      25.   indraja #9 18:23  |  Dr Noam 12/09/08
      26.   #5 proud Muslim 18:43  |  Jabotinsky 12/09/08
      27.   We knew it already : yawn. He needs the world`s attention 18:52  |  Arthur 12/09/08
      28.   don`t worry, it`s just another bad translation - 18:57  |  ivo 12/09/08
      29.   #22 David - Ignore anything Durson says 19:03  |  Angus 12/09/08
      30.   #26 Gray 19:08  |  Angus 12/09/08
      31.   Push the big button, Get it over with now 19:13  |  Slappy 12/09/08
      32.   Jabotinsky STOP your BS 19:24  |  newsreader 12/09/08
      33.   No, Natallie it`s not the West Bank that concerns you 19:33  |  x-ray 12/09/08
      34.   Yes Gray, he speaks from his intestines and the contents 19:35  |  x-ray 12/09/08
      35.   Some intesting reading about Iran 19:35  |  Arthur 12/09/08
      36.   Einstein live and died an atheist Jew 19:36  |  x-ray 12/09/08
      37.   Ahmadinejad: 19:41  |  David Nigel Braham 12/09/08
      38.   #29 Newsreader "For starters" 19:54  |  H 12/09/08
      39.   #29 Newsreader 19:56  |  Angus 12/09/08
      40.   N.Durson 20:05  |  Sank 12/09/08
      41.   Newsreader 20:13  |  Brad 12/09/08
      42.   Ahmadinejad & Hamas backslapping a joint denial of mutual failure 20:20  |  Analyst 12/09/08
      43.   Brad 20:21  |  muslim#5 12/09/08
      44.   Tell You What Let`s Have A Contest 20:43  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      45.   Iranian economy is faltering 20:45  |  Arthur 12/09/08
      46.   Or collapse of Hamas, whichever comes first 20:50  |  Jane 12/09/08
      47.   How To Make Ahmadinejad Seem More Legitimate! 20:53  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      48.   How To Make Ahmadinejad Heard Better! 20:56  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      49.   How To Understand Ahmadinejad 21:03  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      50.   Ahmadinejad`s Biggest Supporters 21:05  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      51.   Ahmenidjad is the best publiclty the Israels can ask for 21:12  |  , 12/09/08
      52.   So In Other Words 21:21  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      53.   The maniac of Teheran. 21:35  |  Jean Van Daem 12/09/08
      54.   Reasons to be proud 21:36  |  Philippe 12/09/08
      55.   collapse of the zionest 21:39  |  farrokh 12/09/08
      56.   According to Scripture, this will be a VERY long time :) 21:42  |  Perhaps...He`ll 12/09/08
      57.   Yosemite @ 1, I Love you. Real good lead!!! 21:45  |  Virginia 12/09/08
      58.   You are vall wrong - It was incorrect translation - 21:45  |  17 12/09/08
      59.   shame to all muslim people 22:06  |  Joe Pepe NYC 12/09/08
      60.   Somewhere up there, is a drone carrying a missile 22:21  |  Murray the Mongoose 12/09/08
      61.   First Strike and proper 22:21  |  Razza 12/09/08
      62.   JABOTINSKY; What do the Arabs have to be proud of? 22:31  |  Murray the Mongoose 12/09/08
      63.   #34 - being jewish is not an ethnicity 22:50  |  yezmar 12/09/08
      64.   A Question 23:07  |  Jim 12/09/08
      65.   #3 a 23:25  |  Jim 12/09/08
      66.   I hear that today the Iranians have completed to dig 23:34  |  Gil 12/09/08
      67.   He will fight Israel to the last Pal 23:38  |  Rory 12/09/08
      68.   @ 5 better swimming for Malta than sitting on Allah´s bomb 23:39  |  Jew- and Bookburner 12/09/08
      69.   #7 Brant 23:50  |  Jim 12/09/08
      70.   Watch this video before your respond 23:52  |  David 12/09/08
      71.   #15 Dr. Noam 00:01  |  Jim 13/09/08
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