":In sum, ""Israel must be wiped off the map"",  ""Israel must vanish from the pages of history"", and ""The regime occupying Jerusalem must disappear from time""  all mean essentially the same thing: ""The Jewish State must be replaced by Islamic Palestine.""  This has been Iran's position for years.  People are interested to know, however, which of the following is a more accurate rendition: (1) ""must vanish""  or (2) ""must be made to vanish"", because (2) sounds more threatening.   

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