The Iranian daily Kayhan, which is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, assessed that soon the region will experience violent clashes and that within a decade or two, the entire Middle East, from Iran to Egypt, will be Islamic, despite the U.S..
The paper added that the Saudi, Egyptian, and Jordanian governments understand that liberating Palestine will put in place Islamic rule across the Middle East, and that therefore they support Israel.
(See also Khamenei Calls to Form an Islamic New Middle East; Mash'al: Israel Will Pass from the World)
Source: Kayhan, Iran, March 3, 2010
