2011 Comparison of Israel To A Transplanted Kidney
In remarks published Egypt's Al-Akhbar newspaper in November 2011, Ahmadinejad stated "This entity can be compared to a kidney transplanted in a body that rejected it. “Yes it will collapse and its end will be near.”
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