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I took Ha'aretz up on a deal for students, paid 25 shekels, ($5.44), and have been receiving the paper each morning for a few weeks now. Since the paper is available for free on-line, both in Hebrew and in English, and since the price to continue receiving it after this trial month jumps to 99 shekels, it looks like I will be saving forests again soon. In this morning's print edition, the headline ran: "IDF Chief of Staff (Dan) Halutz: Iran able to resume enriching uranium in March."

The Iranian President has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel and denied the Holocaust. Now, in just a few months, he will have the means to achieve his goal. From the second of the two articles below, Uzi Benziman writes:

"In the name of Islam, Ahmadinejad calls for Israel's destruction, labels it a stain on the map of the world and delegitimizes its right to exist. Along with this, he also denies the Holocaust. This is a deep ideological view, systematic and fluent, which creates a theoretical and conceptual platform for a political worldview, and perhaps later for a plan of action in the direction of Israel's annihilation."

"There is no other country in the world whose right to exist is challenged by another country. Moreover, the Iranian approach does not stem from a dispute over borders, a concrete historical argument, competition for natural resources, or the residue of national affront. Ahmadinejad's statements indicate that he is calling for Israel's destruction for religious reasons - the Jews are not worthy of independent existence, certainly not in the Islamic world."

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