(Jerusalem Post) Joanna Paraszczuk - In a speech published on his website Thursday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the ultimate goal of world forces must be the annihilation of Israel. Speaking to ambassadors from Islamic countries ahead of "Qods Day" ("Jerusalem Day"), an annual Iranian anti-Zionist event established in 1979 by Ayatollah Khomeini and which falls this year on August 17, Ahmadinejad said that a "horrible Zionist current" had been managing world affairs for "about 400 years." Ahmadinejad added that "liberating Palestine" would solve all the world's problems. "Anyone who loves freedom and justice must strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime," he added.
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