July 31, 2007	Tuesday	Rajab 15, 1428

AL QUDS, July 30: Israeli President Shimon Peres, in a radio interview on Monday, called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “joke” and said he appeared to worship “the bomb more than he's worshipping the God in heaven”.

Nobel peace laureate Peres told US National Public Radio Ahmadinejad was “an unbelievable joke”, ridiculing the Iranian president “claims he's religious”.

“My impression is that in his eyes the nuclear bomb is higher than the God in heaven. He's worshipping the bomb more than he's worshipping the God in heaven,” Peres said.—Reuters