JERUSALEM REPORT
From Mike Evans the founder of the Jerusalem Prayer Team
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems more intent than ever to
taunt Israel. In a recent article in Haaretz, he had a few choice things
to say about America's closest ally in the Middle East:
"In Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's latest verbal assault on Israel, the Iranian
president said it would soon 'fade away from the earth.'
"'The crimes being committed by the Zionist regime [Israel] are
happening because it is aware that it has reached the end of the line and will
soon fade away from the earth,' Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as
saying during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran.
"'He said world powers have become increasingly hesitant to show
further support for Israel, which he said has lost direction.'
"Ahmadinejad claimed that Israel's 'crimes' in Gaza were aimed at
changing the political leaders in the troubled region in line with its own
political interests.
"Israel has enforced a blockade on the Gaza Strip since the Islamist
organization Hamas seized power there in June 2007.
"The Iranian president has attracted international condemnation in the
past three years with his attacks on Israel, suggesting it should be
'wiped off the map.' However, he has repeatedly rejected charges he is
anti-Semitic.
"Iran does not acknowledge the sovereignty of Israel and supports the
Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip.
"At the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, the Iranian cleric Ahmad
Khatami condemned international organizations and even Arab countries,
including Egypt, for having remained silent over the situation in Gaza."
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