In Tehran, Supreme leader Ali Khamenei has just threatened to destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa if Israel dares to attack his country.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (photo credit: Kamran Jebreili/AP)
“Sometimes the leaders of the Zionist regime threaten us,” he says, in speech broadcast live on TV — and doubtless timed to coincide with the Obama visit and the discussion in Jerusalem of ways to thwart Iran’s nuclear program. They should know, says Khamenei, “that if they are attack us, we will turn Tel Aviv and Haifa into wastelands.”
Meanwhile, back at home, Channel 2 is claiming that the president is rehearsing his speech before delivery at the International Conference Center shortly. He’s having his aides heckle him as he runs through the text, with calls like “Release Pollard,” the TV report claims, so that he is ready to smoothly negotiate any such interruptions from the audience.
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