TEHRAN, July 15: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday compared Israel’s military strikes on Gaza and Lebanon to tactics used by Adolf Hitler against Jews during World War II.

“Their methods resemble Hitler’s. When Hitler wanted to launch an attack, he came up with a pretext,” Mr Ahmadinejad said during a speech in Tehran.

“Zionists say they are Hitler’s victims, but they have the same nature as Hitler,” he said.

“We have two solutions for the crisis. One of them, which is a logical one, is that as you (western nations) who imposed this regime by fabricating stories, you put an end to it and take it with you,” he said.

Mr Ahmadinejad’s second solution was to have a referendum in which only the ‘true Palestinians’ decide their fate.—AFP