HEZBOLLAH LEADER: ISRAEL CAN BE "ELIMINATED"

Hizbullah Leader: Israel Can Be "Eliminated" - Benny Avni (New York Sun)
Echoing Iran's threat to wipe Israel off the map, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that the targeting of Israeli civilian centers has made it possible for the Jewish state to be "eliminated."

"Can Israel be eliminated? Yes and a thousand yeses, Israel can be eliminated," he said. Hamas and Hizbullah "are betting on Iran," said former Israeli Foreign Ministry official Jonathan D. Halevi. "People in the region assume that as soon as Iran gets a nuclear bomb it will become a regional superpower, which makes it a hot commodity."

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At a rally in southern Beirut on Monday in honor of slain military commander Imad Mughniyeh, Hizbullah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah called Mughniyeh the "leader of both victories," referring to the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000 and the July 2006 war.