Israel points out that President Ahmadinejad has said the Jewish State should be "wiped off the map."

VOA: special.2009.05.23

But Israeli spokesman Zalman Shoval says with Iran's president still threatening to wipe the Jewish state "off the map", Israel is making no promises.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Some American officials believe that Ahmadinejad's intemperate statements, like his threat to wipe Israel off the map, have not gone down well at home.

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The first is political - they say that it undermines the Road Map which Israel signed up to six years ago.

BBC: Jerusalem Diary: Monday 21 September

The new Palestinian prime minister had previously maintained that any meeting with Mr Sharon was conditional on Israel accepting the road map.

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