[There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East], "namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist state."
December 31, 1999 speech on Qods Day, as quoted in "Iranian leader urges destruction of Israel", The Spokesman-Review (January 1, 2000)
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