In a reminder that Persian rhetoric is not always easy for English-speakers to interpret, a senior Israeli official has acknowledged that Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, never actually said that Israel “must be wiped off the map.”
Still, over the years, the original misinterpretation of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s remarks has been so often repeated that it has become a kind of shorthand. “In my conversations with Americans,” Mr. Majd said, very often they respond to the name Ahmadinejad by saying, “He wants to eliminate Israel.”
It remains so firmly rooted in the popular imagination that it is frequently used as evidence of Iran’s genocidal intentions.
Israeli Minister Agrees Ahmadinejad Never Said Israel 'Must Be Wiped Off the Map'
August 26, 2015
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