That's how Reuters "
paraphrases" calls for the eradication of Israel and genocide of its Jewish inhabitants.  So let's be clear on what Ahmadinejad has actually said on the matter:
"As the imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map." -- October 26, 2005
"Whether you like it or not, the Zionist regime is  heading toward annihilation." -- April 14, 2006
"With God's help, the  countdown button for the destruction of the Zionist regime has been  pushed by the hands of the children of Lebanon and Palestine . . . By God's will, we will witness the destruction of this regime in  the near future." --  June 3, 2007
"I  have heard some say the idea of Greater Israel  has expired….I say that  the idea of lesser Israel has expired, too." -- September 18, 2008 
"The  Zionist regime wants to establish  its base upon the ruins of the  civilizations of the region...The uniform  shout of the Iranian nation  is forever 'Death to Israel.'" -- October 10, 2009
"If the Zionist regime wants to repeat  its past mistakes, this will constitute its demise and annihilation…With  Allah's help the new Middle East will be a Middle East without Zionists  and Imperialists." -- February 25, 2010
Then, there's Reuters' sanitized characterization again:
"Ahmadinejad has repeatedly forecast the imminent disappearance of the Jewish state."
One might think the agency was referring to a weather report.
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