Israel May Have To 'Go It Alone' Against Iran
Ryan R. Jones - All Headline News Middle East Correspondent Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - Iran's ongoing defiance of international demands regarding its nuclear program and the world's failure to do anything about it but talk may compel Israel to take matters into its own hands, senior government sources in Jerusalem warned Wednesday. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on condition of anonymity, one official said Tehran's written response Tuesday to international incentives to stop its uranium enrichment efforts was a clear rejection that Iran knew perfectly well would carry no consequences. "The Iranians know the world will do nothing," he said. Israel watched with concern as both Russia and China welcomed Iran's response as an opportunity for further diplomatic negotiations aimed at keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of the Islamic Republic. The source added, "This is similar to the world's attempts to appease Hitler in the 1930s - they are trying to feed the beast." He said that if things continued like this very much longer, Israel would have to be prepared to use the means at its disposal to "slow down" Iran's nuclear program. Jerusalem argues that once Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, it will be too late for the kind of action that could be taken today. And in the absence of a political solution, Israel sees that action as essential to its survival. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has since |
