Ayalon: Give Iran Just Weeks To End Nuclear Programme
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Israel’s deputy Foreign Minister this week insisted Iran should be given just a “few weeks” to cease its nuclear programme as speculation intensified over whether Israel would launch a strike against Tehran.
The comments from Danny Ayalon came amid a flurry of media reports on the issue and warnings from the Bank of Israel that military action could have dire economic consequences for the Jewish state.
One report, broadcast on Channel 2, suggested that, although a final decision had yet to be taken, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are leaning towards authorising an attack, believing it will be too late “within months” for such action.
Newspapers in the country meanwhile quoted an Israeli official as claiming that Iran has made progress in producing a nuclear warhead.
Ayalon (pictured), referring to talks between Iran and the international community, told Israel Radio: “The international community should announce the diplomatic process with Iran a failure, today. It needs to be made clear that if they don’t halt their nuclear programme all options will be on the table, and not just on Israel’s part.”
He said that Tehran should have “weeks” to halt its nuclear activity, which Iran claims is for peaceful purposes.
Underlining his focus on the issue, Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that all threats to Israel’s home front were “dwarfed by another threat, different in scope, different in substance, and therefore I reiterate that Iran must not be permitted to obtain nuclear weapons”. But despite his claim that sanctions have failed to set back “one iota” Tehran’s nuclear programme, the American administration this week said it believed there remains “time and space for diplomacy”. Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom said that stronger sanctions could “be a determining factor in bringing down the Iranian regime and perhaps bring it to abandon the nuclear programme”.
The fevered speculation came as the Home Front Command tested a nationwide text system, which it is hoped will be operational from next month, designed to alert the public to missile attacks and other emergencies.
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WarSclerotic 
August 16, 2012 at 8:08 PM
Almost on the same topic, I found this article:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/16/obama-s-last-chance-before-israel-bombs-iran.html
August 16, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Almost on the same topic, I found this article:
Aug 17, 2012 – Israel pushes US to share red-line on Iran
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NH17Ak03.html
August 17, 2012 at 2:20 AM
For all those in israel and around the world who are against an israel attack on Iran, what do you think will happen if Israel does nothing? Do you think Israel will live happily ever after?
Have you not been watching Israel’s enemy arming to the teeth while surrounding her? Have you not heard their threats to destroy Israel.
It’s time for all you wishful thinkers to wake up from your coma. There is evil in this world and it wants to perpetrate a second holocaust, finish the work of Hitler but this time with atomics. What do all of you who are wringing your hands think Hitler would have done if he had the bomb. If anyone who is reading this says nothing, then go about your merry way because you’re totally clueless and clearly delusional.
The longer Israel waits the worse the outcome for Israel becomes. There will be war, and it best be fought on Israel’s terms.
August 17, 2012 at 5:01 AM
We all know what the USA did as soon as it had the bomb. Twice! I am sure that when really necessary, it won’t hesitate to do it again.
Israel should make as much efforts in trying to making peace as it does now in making war. The only way for Israel to live happily ever after is to achieve a durable and lasting peace with the whole region.
The notion that Israel can rule the region by force, and oppress hundreds of millions of people by Full Spectrum Domination, won’t hold for a century, no matter how many nuclear weapons Israel has at its disposal, because it can’t survive in a region contaminated by radioactive fall out.
The endless beating of the war drum by Israeli warmongers will sooner or later turn against them. War is NOT the answer!
August 17, 2012 at 5:03 AM
For those interested, a lengthy analysis by Time magazine, but to be honest, it’s just more of the same:
Is Israel Angling for a Commitment from Obama on Iran?
Israeli media reports suggest the country is using renewed threats of action against Iran to limit Obama’s room to maneuver.
Read more: http://world.time.com/2012/08/16/is-israel-angling-for-a-commitment-from-obama-on-iran/?iid=obinsite#ixzz23ljQ04xS