ISRAEL IS DEAD!

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Israel 
would "be soon swept away" from the Palestinian Territories by the 
Palestinians. It is the second time within less than three years that the 
Iranian president predicted the eradication of the Jewish state.

The first time was in 2005 when Ahmadinejad hoped that Israel would be 
eradicated from the Middle East map.

"This terrorist and criminal state is backed by foreign powers, but this 
regime would soon be swept away by the Palestinians," Ahmadinejad said in
a 
press conference in Tehran.

Referring to worldwide celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Israel's 
foundation, he said that "it would be futile to hold a birthday ceremony
for 
something which is already dead."

"As far as the regional countries are concerned, this regime does not 
exist," Ahmadinejad added.

The Iranian president said last week that the anniversary feasts could not

save this "rotten and stinking corpse."

Ahmadinejad caused international outrage in the past by hoping for the 
eradication of Israel, the relocation of the Jewish state to Europe or 
Alaska and questioning the historic dimensions of the Holocaust.