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
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 (Photo: AFP)
"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.
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"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 missilesÂ… 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.'"