The BBC reports that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is “shocked and dismayed” by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent comments about Israel. The official Iranian news agency recently quoted Ahmadinejad as saying:
“The hegemony of the occupier regime [Israel] had collapsed, and the Lebanese nation pushed the button to begin counting the days until the destruction of the Zionist regime. God willing, in the near future we will witness the destruction of the corrupt occupier regime.”
Most interesting about this report is how the BBC describes Ahmadinejad’s genocidal language:
“The Iranian leader is a outspoken critic of Israel and has said the Holocaust of European Jewry is a myth.”
“Outspoken critic?”
Ahmadinejad has labeled Israel “a disgraceful stain on the Islamic world,” called for it to be “eliminated from the pages of history,” predicted it will be “wiped out,” and hosted a “World Without Zionism” conference to drive the point home. At a meeting of Muslim leaders last year, he declared that the “main solution” to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is “the elimination of the Zionist regime.”
“Outspoken critic” indeed. If he keeps this up, the Beeb might have to upgrade him to “opinionated castigator.”
