The state of Israel is "heading towards disappearance," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday during a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus, DPA reported.
"The Zionist entity is heading for disappearance. The philosophy of its existence is over, and time is not running in the favour of the occupiers," he said.
"They have reached a dead end. All of their threats are the result of their weakness," Ahmadinejad told a joint press conference with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Israel regards Iran under Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and challenged the right of the Jewish state to exist, as an existential threat.
Ahmadinejad, who arrived in Damascus earlier on Thursday for talks with with ally Assad, warned against any military action from Israel.
Israeli hawks have argued in favour of a preemptive strike on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons programme.
"And we know - both our peoples know, and the whole region knows - that if the Zionist entity repeated the same mistakes, it would mean its inevitable end," he said.
Al-Assad said that they discussed "Israeli terrorism and crimes," as well as the resistance in the region and how to support it.
He added that talks dealt with the upcoming Iraqi elections and how it would affect the region, as well as the US withdrawal from Iraq.
The two leaders are expected to attend a religious ceremony to mark the Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
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