Iran again threatens to destroy Israel
While Jerusalem continues to downplay the direct and growing threat Iran poses to Israel, Iranian demagogue Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated at the weekend that target #1 of Tehran's belligerence is none other than the Jewish state.

Just days after announcing Iran had successfully enriched uranium - a major step towards obtaining nuclear weapons - Ahmadinejad Friday declared at the opening of a conference in support of the "Palestinian cause" that Israel would soon be destroyed by its Islamic enemies.

"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation. The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm." Stated ominously the man who will soon have his finger on a nuclear trigger: "Believe that Palestine will be freed soon." The Associated Press last Wednesday quoted IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin as saying Iran will certainly have atomic weapons by the end of this decade.

Despite the clear and present danger, senior Israeli political and military leaders last week said they were concerned by recent developments and Ahmadinejad's statements, but recommended sitting tight while the international community continues to fumble through vain diplomatic efforts to prevent a nuclear Iran.

Demonstrating an undeserved degree of faith in both the ability and willingness of the United Nations to defend Israel, senior politician Shimon Peres told reporters in Jerusalem Saturday: "The United Nations cannot but react. Iran is a member state of the United Nations that is threatening to destroy another member state of the United Nations." But as Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick noted in that paper's weekend edition, Iran has thrown down the gauntlet and it is time for the United States and Israel to decide if they are in this fight to win. (Ryan Jones, Jerusalem Newswire)
 
Iran again threatens to destroy Israel
While Jerusalem continues to downplay the direct and growing threat Iran poses to Israel, Iranian demagogue Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated at the weekend that target #1 of Tehran's belligerence is none other than the Jewish state.

Just days after announcing Iran had successfully enriched uranium - a major step towards obtaining nuclear weapons - Ahmadinejad Friday declared at the opening of a conference in support of the "Palestinian cause" that Israel would soon be destroyed by its Islamic enemies.

"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation. The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm." Stated ominously the man who will soon have his finger on a nuclear trigger: "Believe that Palestine will be freed soon." The Associated Press last Wednesday quoted IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin as saying Iran will certainly have atomic weapons by the end of this decade.

Despite the clear and present danger, senior Israeli political and military leaders last week said they were concerned by recent developments and Ahmadinejad's statements, but recommended sitting tight while the international community continues to fumble through vain diplomatic efforts to prevent a nuclear Iran.

Demonstrating an undeserved degree of faith in both the ability and willingness of the United Nations to defend Israel, senior politician Shimon Peres told reporters in Jerusalem Saturday: "The United Nations cannot but react. Iran is a member state of the United Nations that is threatening to destroy another member state of the United Nations." But as Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick noted in that paper's weekend edition, Iran has thrown down the gauntlet and it is time for the United States and Israel to decide if they are in this fight to win. (Ryan Jones, Jerusalem Newswire)