U.S. and Israel On Collision Course Over Iran Nukes?
Former Ambassador Shoval: ‘Due to Iranian nuclear threat, time has come to upgrade Israel’s NATO status’ ‘
Deployment of US radar missile system in Israel maybe attempt to tie Israel’s hands or help defend the country in wake of joint operation against Iran’
‘Israel and US may be on a collision course over military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities’ Even Dr. El-Baradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the American intelligence community are now convinced that Iran is definitely developing nuclear weapons. Israel estimates the Iranians are only a year or two from passing the point of no return and reportedly requested an American green light to strike Iranian nuclear sites.
But President Bush said no and has now supplied Israel with a radar system for to detecting Iranian missiles. Meanwhile, Russia has again blocked stiffer sanctions against Tehran. In a wide-ranging interview with IsraCast, Zalman Shoval, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington, assesses various aspects of the looming threat, after Iranian President Ahmadinejad tells clapping members of the U.N. General assembly about Israel’s imminent destruction.
