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VIDEO / Iran supreme leader: Israel is on a path to destruction
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, Hamas, Iran 

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said his country will stand beside Gaza's Hamas rulers and that Israel is on the path to eventual destruction.

According to Iranian state-run TV, Khamenei called Hamas' prime minister in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, a "mojahed," or soldier of holy war, saying the Iranian nation will "never let you be alone."

It also quoted him as saying Israel's Zionist regime is moving toward weakness, destruction and defeat and that the current generation of Palestinians will see "that great day."
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Khamenei, who was speaking at prayers marking the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday, has predicted Israel's downfall in the past, like Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Khamenei has repeatedly called Israel a cancerous tumor that need to be removed from the Middle East.

Israel's ambassador to the U.S. Sallai Meridor issued a statement in response, saying "not since World War II has the world faced such a dangerous and significant threat. The fanatical Iranian regime, a sponsor of global terror, is threatening the elimination of another state and is striving to achieve a nuclear weapon.

"This should be a moment of truth for the world to take immediate actions to prevent this regime from pursuing the development of a military nuclear capability," the statement continued.

"In these days of reflection between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur," Meridor went on to say, "the writing on the wall from Iran presents each and everyone with the question 'what more can I do in this coming year to prevent this nightmare from becoming a reality?'"

Iran doesn't recognize Israel and backs the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Israel had close ties with Iran when the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was in power. When the 1979 Islamic revolution toppled the shah, Iran broke ties with Israel and turned the Israeli embassy in Tehran into the Palestinian Authority embassy.

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      1.   here comes GREATER IRAN in case anyone cares 15:00  |  Avi 01/10/08
      2.   To those who were sure the Iranian President was unpopular 15:04  |  Avi 01/10/08
      3.   Khamenei is right 15:04  |  Brod 01/10/08
      4.   FOR the Islamofascist apology indusrtry.Not "just" Ahmadinejad 15:06  |  PETER SM 01/10/08
      5.   Turkish captivity and the former caliphate 15:33  |  Anonymous 01/10/08
      6.   Iran oligarchy afraid of true engagement 15:57  |  James 01/10/08
      7.   Iran`s supreme leader Oops!!! 16:02  |  Yosemite 01/10/08
      8.   Khamenei`s words are comming from opium! 16:10  |  Farhad 01/10/08
      9.   Fall and Unfall 16:18  |  Pierre Palestinian 01/10/08
      10.   annoying web tactics 16:33  |  steve gerson 01/10/08
      11.   the Iranian leaders by now suffer from the "prophesying Israel`s 16:38  |  ivo 01/10/08
      12.   Holy warrior is a holy killer 16:51  |  x-ray 01/10/08
      13.   Also, Post-Soviet Freedom 17:03  |  Anonymous 01/10/08
      14.   blahblah blah blah blah 17:09  |  Paul Freedman 01/10/08
      15.   This Guy is The Boss. Take Him Out, End of Problem! 17:15  |  MIKE 01/10/08
      16.   Terrorist rant 17:53  |  Mike 01/10/08
      17.   Shiit Supporting Sunni Untill ... 17:58  |  GA 01/10/08
      18.   Iran`s Supreme Leader or Spiritually Corrupt Subprime Lender? 18:07  |  Lavi 01/10/08
      19.   Anonymous from Chicago IL 18:21  |  David Israel 01/10/08
      20.   3 Brod - Hardly Possible 18:48  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/10/08
      21.   You are weakining! 19:03  |  Rigma 01/10/08
      22.   Iran sponsors the world`s most vicious terrorist groups, ... 19:33  |  Jean Van Daem 01/10/08
      23.   To David Israel, the article I read is: 19:33  |  Anonymous 01/10/08
      24.   Mark #20 19:43  |  Brod 01/10/08
      25.   Anonymous - Thanks I found it 20:31  |  David Israel 01/10/08
      26.   M. of Lewiston #20: reg. the Israeli system - 20:54  |  ivo 01/10/08
      27.   phony religion of god 21:35  |  real vision 01/10/08
      28.   you are feeling sleepy 21:43  |  H 01/10/08
      29.   Pierre Palestinian 22:24  |  Philippe 01/10/08
      30.   "holy war" 23:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/10/08
      31.   Phillipe 23:11  |  Pierre Palestinian 01/10/08
      32.   Good news finally. Iran loves Haniyeh. 23:42  |  Stephen. 01/10/08
      33.   How do they call him holiness???? 23:47  |  Al 01/10/08
      34.   The war of words begins AGAIN! 00:03  |  Tired 02/10/08
      35.   Focus on regime change 00:40  |  Pepe 02/10/08
      36.   Our tendency is to become complacent... 01:14  |  don muntean 02/10/08
      37.   Pierre palestinian 01:16  |  Philippe 02/10/08
      38.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 01:46  |  TonyL 02/10/08
      39.   Well I guess if that smelly ayatollah says so it MUST be 03:59  |  Conroy 02/10/08
      40.   Who cares what this pathetic old man with dementia has to say! 04:03  |  Jane 02/10/08
      41.   The Ayatollah 05:15  |  Jim 02/10/08
      42.   #2 Avi 05:19  |  Jim 02/10/08
      43.   #4 Peter SM 05:27  |  Jim 02/10/08
      44.   When was the last time this man took a bath? 05:41  |  Jane 02/10/08
      45.   Lavi, I have grown to like your poetry. Come on baby, let`s... 06:51  |  ManintheMiddle 02/10/08
      46.   #20 Mark of Lewiston 07:11  |  Jim 02/10/08
      47.   #22 Jean Van Daem 07:21  |  Jim 02/10/08
      48.   #28 H 07:32  |  Jim 02/10/08
      49.   Someone should stuff his cloth in his mouth! 08:25  |  Yuri 02/10/08
      50.   Not so my friend 08:25  |  Shimon Cleopas 02/10/08
      51.   The Supreme Lemming Has Spoken! 08:29  |  Yosemite 02/10/08
      52.   No Wonder! 08:30  |  Yosemite 02/10/08
      53.   The Ayatollah gave Palestine its kiss of Death. 08:51  |  Akram Zekaria 02/10/08
      54.   Cipora Julianna Kohn-#30-holly war 08:58  |  Daniel Leopold 02/10/08
      55.   Israeli policies gave Iran a lot of leverage 09:02  |  gus 02/10/08
      56.   Israel chose expansion over peace 09:07  |  Natallie Durson 02/10/08
      57.   #40 Jane 09:11  |  MR 02/10/08
      58.   GUS It was the Arabs not Israel that rejected peace All together 09:50  |  PETER SM 02/10/08
      59.   #54 to gus 09:58  |  Hastaroth 02/10/08
      60.   NASTALI E Israel chose expansion AFTER Arabs rejected peace. 10:05  |  PETER SM 02/10/08
      61.   Pathetic as usual 10:31  |  ScotGuy 02/10/08
      62.   Don`t worry, Mr. Khameini, if the "right-wingers" in Israel.... 10:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/10/08
      63.   It is getting very boring 10:57  |  tristan 02/10/08
      64.   to Nathalie Durson 11:09  |  Harry 02/10/08
      65.   #62, Dino, Khameini is not worried 11:27  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/10/08
      66.   Chamberlain reaction again. (Copied from the previous thread) 12:13  |  S 02/10/08
      67.   #56, Durson, the one expending is Iran 12:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/10/08
      68.   # 65 Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:54  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/10/08
      69.   A serious, troublesome and dangerous development 12:59  |  Shalom Freedman 02/10/08
      70.   He is right, and his language is not even 13:06  |  Edith 02/10/08
      71.   #68, Dino, what you say 13:32  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/10/08
      72.   swiss dino "demographic bomb" 14:03  |  swisswatch 02/10/08
      73.   EDITH He is not worried about human rights 14:14  |  PETER SM 02/10/08
      74.   JIM.Iranians are well aware of the corruption of the Mullahs 14:20  |  PETER SM 02/10/08
      75.   He is right 14:43  |  Dani 02/10/08
      76.   What a Barbarian Organized Crime GodFather? 14:46  |  HumanityKadima 02/10/08
      77.   Jane,44, This old man is the power in Iran, not Ahmanutjob. 14:52  |  The Equalizer 02/10/08
      78.   #70 Edith - Was this suposed to be funny 15:36  |  ScotGuy 02/10/08
      79.   To #67 Cipora 15:39  |  oetis 02/10/08
      80.   #56:Natalie Durson, Israel sure has a funny way of expanding 15:39  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 02/10/08
      81.   Khameini has 12 million fanatic militants at his disposal 15:53  |  Joe Frazier 02/10/08
      82.   Date Holyday 16:05  |  Arik 02/10/08
      83.   Thanks Jimmy Carter! 16:25  |  Jane 02/10/08
      84.   swisswatch # 72 Swiss (Dino`s) "Demographic Bomb" 17:17  |  Jeff Northridge 02/10/08
      85.   #78 Scotguy 17:39  |  Edith 02/10/08
      86.   Jane #83 Wasn`t it Reagan 17:39  |  Roo 02/10/08
      87.   The myth of expanding Israel 17:43  |  x-ray 02/10/08
      88.   he could be right.... 17:58  |  ravi 02/10/08
      89.   Jane #83 18:25  |  Persian Kitty 02/10/08
      90.   Roo 18:58  |  Jane 02/10/08
      91.   #79 oetis to cipora ... 19:06  |  israeli 02/10/08
      92.   If Israel is a "cancerous tumor" then Iran is 19:23  |  Murray of Montreal 02/10/08
      93.   Decide For Yourself 19:25  |  Gray 02/10/08
      94.   Edith (#84) And Respect 20:51  |  Gil 02/10/08
      95.   Gray # 88 Ahmadinejad And His Boss 21:09  |  Jeff Northridge 02/10/08
      96.   Iran, An Armed Camp of Bedouins 21:18  |  Gary 02/10/08
      97.   Which State is More Legitimate? Israel or Iran? 22:22  |  MIKE 02/10/08
      98.   #88 Jane-a fly in your 22:52  |  Roo 02/10/08
      99.   Israel is on a path to SELF destruction 23:04  |  Jeff 02/10/08
      100.   These fanatic leaders will bring destruction upon themselves 23:09  |  Shalom Freedman 02/10/08
      101.   Jeff N. Re: Threats, Creation Myth & Terrorists 23:33  |  Gray 02/10/08
      102.   #77 the equalizer..on khomeini.i remarked on this .. 23:34  |  israeli 02/10/08
      103.   Roo 23:44  |  Jane 02/10/08
      104.   #53 akram zekaria in a nutshell.. 23:46  |  israeli 02/10/08
      105.   # 70, Edith : amazing megalomania 23:54  |  tristan 02/10/08
      106.   Shalom F. Do You Mean THESE Threats:.... 00:06  |  Gray 03/10/08
      107.   #32, Stephen 00:25  |  Gary 03/10/08
      108.   Iran`s DESTINY 00:27  |  The Teacher/Instruct 03/10/08
      109.   Cipora #30 insistant on a "holy war" 00:33  |  Roo 03/10/08
      110.   #46 jim,you are very ignorant about... 00:34  |  israeli 03/10/08
      111.   Jane #83, 88: the roots of the Iranian disaster - 00:50  |  ivo 03/10/08
      112.   #46 jim you have absolutely no idea about,,(3rd try) 01:22  |  israeli 03/10/08
      113.   Cipora #30 insistent on a "holy war" 02:19  |  Roo 03/10/08
      114.   I remember some verses! 05:24  |  Rigma 03/10/08
      115.   IRAN a fractured economy,opiate addict capital of the world 06:10  |  PETER SM 03/10/08
      116.   ROO What the Mullahs say v`s facts on the ground 06:32  |  PETER SM 03/10/08
      117.   Peter SM: Never Been To Iran but Knows.... 07:08  |  Gray 03/10/08
      118.   here`s a message for the not so supreme leader of iran; little 07:28  |  glenna 03/10/08
      119.   Peter sm Fun with Cut n` Paste FunnyFacts 07:51  |  Gray 03/10/08
      120.   Peter sm Fun with Cut n` Paste FunnyFacts 07:51  |  Gray 03/10/08
      121.   Khamenei Fasts & Prays & Ponders, Yet Remains Overweight & ... 07:55  |  Lavi 03/10/08
      122.   #111, Roo, waiting for Khameini to issue a fatwa against holy war 07:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/10/08
      123.   It`s "Hitler Time" again 08:10  |  Gray 03/10/08
      124.   Hope he is wrong 08:34  |  Gordon 03/10/08
      125.   Yes Gray dear, Jews invented Hitler too 10:47  |  x-ray 03/10/08
      126.   Jane don`t kid yourself 11:05  |  Roo 03/10/08
      127.   ditto Cipora #122 11:08  |  Roo 03/10/08
      128.   STOP SUPPORT ISRAEL OR DIE 11:57  |  indrajaya 03/10/08
      129.   Indrajaya #128 14:07  |  Brod 03/10/08
      130.   PETER SM-silly billy 14:16  |  Roo 03/10/08
      131.   #120;Gray,I suspect your real name is something different 15:28  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 03/10/08
      132.   THRESHOLD on.... 16:05  |  The Teacher/Instruct 03/10/08
      133.   PETER SM-silly billy 16:10  |  Roo 03/10/08
      134.   Doc Hasbara; And his "Case Closed" mantra 18:28  |  Gray 03/10/08
      135.   #117 gray and his ignorance 23:07  |  Adrian de Klerk 03/10/08
      136.   #14:Gray, In fact I responded to all your points 15:35  |  DEOC HOLLIDAY 05/10/08
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