in a speech to mark Iran's "Jerusalem Day" on December 14, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani said the establishment of Israel was "the most hideous historic occurrence in history," and the Islamic world "will vomit her out from its midst," according to Peres's letter.
Rafsanjani told a crowd at the stadium in Teheran University that the day is approaching in which the Islamic world will possess atomic weapons.
"On that day, the strategy of the West will hit a dead end, since a single atomic bomb has the power to completely destroy Israel, while an Israeli counterstrike can only cause partial damage to the Islamic world," he said.
Ha'aretz reports comments made in response by IDF Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz that not only has Israel prepared its defenses, it has "other capabilities" to respond to an Iranian missile attack - an apparent reference, Israeli commentators suggested, to Israel's reported nuclear capability. Peres Wednesday turned aside criticism of the Israeli remarks as inflammatory. "When you smell the smell of Hitler, you must raise your voice. You need neither strategy nor tactics - you must tell the truth." (links courtesy of OpinionJournal)
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