Ahmadinejad: Destroy Israel, end crisis - Yahoo! News

Ahmadinejad: Destroy Israel, end crisis - Yahoo! News:

AP Photo: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles during a meeting with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade


"'Although the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at this stage an immediate cease-fire must be implemented,' he said.

Ahmadinejad, who has drawn international condemnation with previous calls for Israel to be wiped off the map, said the Middle East would be better off 'without the existence of the Zionist regime.'

Israel 'is an illegitimate regime, there is no legal basis for its existence,' he said."