Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran’s Foreign Minister: Removing a Country From the Map is Not Possible

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HAARETZ: Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that no country could be removed from the map, contradicting a previous statement made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map."

"Every primary school student knows that it is not possible to remove a country from the map and that is very clear," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a conference in Jordan when asked about Ahmadinejad's controversial remarks. Iranian FM: It isn’t possible to remove a country from the map (more)

Mark Alexander

Siniora Denies Arab States Want to Wipe Israel Off the Map

Photo of Fouad Siniora thanks to YNET NEWS

If Arabs don’t want to wipe Israel off the map, then why do so many Arab-Muslim countries, for example Saudi Arabia, refuse to recognize Israel on the maps and globes they use? Israel is so frequently torn out (leaving a hole in the map), or is quite simply blacked out with a marking pen. ©Mark Alexander

YNET NEWS: In New York Times editorial Lebanese prime minister urges Jewish state to strive for comprehensive solution based on revived Arab peace initiative; says last summer’s war in Lebanon proved that ‘military action does not give the people of Israel security’

“The Arab states are not seeking to wipe Israel off the map; rather, we are seeking the legitimate goals of an armistice, secure borders and the ability of all of the region’s people to live in peace and security,” Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said in a New York Times editorial published on Friday. Arabs don’t want to wipe Israel off map, Siniora says (more)

Mark Alexander