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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Just Explained Why Israel Takes a Hard Line on Iran
(Washington Examiner) Tom Rogan - On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted: "Palestine is from the river to the sea and #AlQuds is undoubtedly its capital." Khamenei is actually saying that all of Jerusalem and all Israeli territory from the West Bank to the Mediterranean Sea is actually Palestinian territory and highlighting his regime's determination to see Israel eradicated. Eradicating Israel is also an existential demand of the theocracy. Iran believes that Israel's existence is incompatible with its warped notion of Islamic emancipation and the purity of Islamic holy sites in Israel.