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Israel's Peres Tells Ahmadinejad To 'Cool Off'

14 December 2005 -- Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres today said that Iran's president should "go to Alaska to cool off a little bit" after his latest anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli remarks.

Earlier on 14 December, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad described the Holocaust as a "myth." He said that even if the Holocaust did happen, Israel should be moved from the Middle East. "If you committed such a crime, then it would be good if you gave a piece of your own soil, a piece of soil in Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to [the Jews] so that they can create a country for themselves," Ahmadinejad said.

Ahmadinejad's remarks drew swift condemnation from Israel, Germany, the European Union, and the United States.

This is the latest in a series of highly controversial remarks by Ahmadinejad about the Israel and the Jews. Previously, he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" and described it as a "tumor."

(AP/AFP/Reuters)

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