JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI SAYS ISRAEL WILL NOT EXIST IN 25 YEARS - BUT THIS IS NOT A NEW IDEA AND IT DID NOT ORIGINATE WITH KHAMENEI AND IT IS NOT A THREAT - BASIS FOR THE CLAIM

COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY LIZZIE DEARDEN IN THE INDEPENDENT

Well, this is not a new idea.

The CIA did an internal assessment of Israel's prospects a few years back.

It concluded that Israel, as we know it, would not exist in twenty years.

There are many compelling reasons for this conclusion, but it is not in any way a threat, as The Independent tries making Khamenei's statement appear and as I am sure the fraudulent Netanyahu will claim.

Israel simply is an artificial construct, one out of step in the region in which it lives, a massively over-armed crusader state, with a poor highly-subsidized economy, and many of its most important citizens have dual passports and can leave when they wish.