Iranian paper: Great war to wipe out Israel coming
Pastor Dale Morgan
Iranian paper: Great war to wipe out Israel coming*
Editorials in Iranian newspapers claim '50 percent of Israel already
destroyed,' say 'Israel must collapse'
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 11.15.06, 16:13
Iranian newspapers Kehyan and and Resalat have urged Muslims around the
world to prepare for a 'great war' to destroy the State of Israel.
The newspapers published the editorials, translated from Persian by
MEMRI , the Middle East translation service, to mark 'Quds' day on
October 20, an Iranian 'holiday' calling for the "liberation" of
Jerusalem and war against Israel
Iranian war games held recently
"Hizbullah destroyed at least half of Israel in the Lebanon war... Now
only half the path (to its destruction) remains," an editorial in the
conservative Keyhan newspaper declared.
"It was proven that, by means of an offensive operation that need not be
equal to Israel's moves, it is possible to neutralize the Zionist navy,"
the article said triumphantly.
'Great war not far off'
It continued: "Just as in one 33-day war more than 50 percent of Israel
was destroyed, and the hope of its supporters for the continued life of
this regime was broken, it is likely that in the next battle, the second
half will also collapse."
"On that day... Jordan will not be able to prevent the Jordanian
Islamists from operating through the long Jordan-Palestine border, and
the millions of Egyptian Islamists... will not let the Sinai-Israel
border remain quiet, and the Syrian Golan Heights will not remain as a
(mere) observer of the battle. That day is not so far off."
The Resalat newspaper struck a similarly bellicose tone with an
editorial entitled "Preparations for the Great War."
"The great war is ahead of us, (and will break out) perhaps tomorrow, or
in another few days, or in a few months, or even in a few Years...
Israel must collapse," the newspaper said.
It added: "For the first time in the 60 years of its disgraceful life,
the Zionist regime - the West's beloved in the Middle East - tasted the
taste of defeat, and the citizens of this regime trembled at the menace
of Hizbullah's missiles… The nation of Muslims must prepare for the
great war, so as to completely wipe out the Zionist regime, and remove
this cancerous growth. Like the Imam (Ayatollah) Khomeini said: 'Israel
must collapse.'"