Israel considers response to Iran threat

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the only way to ensure Israel’s survival in the region was to continue to develop the nation’s military might.

Source: VOA, NBC

Monday, 06.02.2012.

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the only way to ensure Israel’s survival in the region was to continue to develop the nation’s military might. He was speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, in reference to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's statement, that described Israel as “a cancerous tumor that must be cut off.” Israel considers response to Iran threat A strong army “is the only guarantee of peace and Israel's only defense if peace unravels," Netanyahu said, according to VOA. Israel has repeatedly warned that was prepared to take military action against Iran if international sanctions failed. Iran maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but Israel and the West believe Tehran is building nuclear weapons that could threaten the existence of the Jewish state. VOA noted that that analysts "question how effective an Israeli attack would be, considering that Iran is 1,200 kilometers from Israel and its nuclear facilities are spread out and fortified deep underground". The news agency also quoted Israel’s former army chief and now Deputy Premier Moshe Ya’alon, who said that "all of Iran’s nuclear sites are 'vulnerable' to military strikes". On Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the issue by saying that Israel has not yet decided how to respond to concerns about Iran's nuclear program, and that there was no evidence that Iran has the "intentions or capabilities" to wage attacks on U.S. soil. Benjamin Netanyahu (Beta/AP, file) VOA, NBC

Israel considers response to Iran threat

A strong army “is the only guarantee of peace and Israel's only defense if peace unravels," Netanyahu said, according to VOA.

Israel has repeatedly warned that was prepared to take military action against Iran if international sanctions failed. Iran maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but Israel and the West believe Tehran is building nuclear weapons that could threaten the existence of the Jewish state.

VOA noted that that analysts "question how effective an Israeli attack would be, considering that Iran is 1,200 kilometers from Israel and its nuclear facilities are spread out and fortified deep underground".

The news agency also quoted Israel’s former army chief and now Deputy Premier Moshe Ya’alon, who said that "all of Iran’s nuclear sites are 'vulnerable' to military strikes".

On Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the issue by saying that Israel has not yet decided how to respond to concerns about Iran's nuclear program, and that there was no evidence that Iran has the "intentions or capabilities" to wage attacks on U.S. soil.

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