Of course Iranians don't hate Israel. The regime wants you to think so. Our nations share a biblical relationship since the times of Cyrus, who helped the Jewish people in their hour of need. This is our hour of need. We're asking Israel's help to free us from our tyrannical regime. Are you going to help us, or are you going to bomb us?

As quoted in Cnaan Liphshiz. Obama 'chickened out' of confronting mullahs. The Jerusalem Post. July 6, 2012.