For some reason the links on that google search are very subjective, like blogs etc.? The articles of Ahmadinejad actually saying that Israel should be wiped off the map are more accurate.
For some reason the links on that google search are very subjective, like blogs etc.? The articles of Ahmadinejad actually saying that Israel should be wiped off the map are more accurate.
Except that's not what he said.
What he quoted was that Zionism (an ideology) should be erased from history. Israel can exist as a non-Zionist state.
Except that's not what he said.
Funny when he refers to Israel as the Zionist state. Doesn't really seem like he's even recognised the fact that the name "Israel" exists.
How is that any different then calling the 3rd German Empire Nazi Germany or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Soviet Russia? Iran is hardly the 1st nation to refer to a rival by it's ideology.
That would actually be a big deal. Because we all know that Ahmadinejad is talking about Israel when he says the Zionist state, and he keeps talking about removing this Zionist state.
Yes and kicking out the Nazis didn't destroy Germany (well it did while a new state(s) were developed but you get the point). Destroying the Zionist state means kicking out the Zionists, not genocide or even the elimination of the Israeli state.
"...a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Zionism
That would be the majority of Israel.
You make it sound like Ahmadinejad is after 20-30 people.
Yes and a worldwide Christian movement settled the New World. Not a single theocracy, Christian or otherwise, exists in the Americas today. Israel can exist and be majority Jewish without being defined by Judaism aka Zionism.
If theocracy was the problem for Ahmadinejad, which of course it's not, but if it was, he should start out with his own country. Secondly, Israel is probably the most secular country in the Middle East.
