WORLD / Middle East
Israel has no plans against Iran
(AP)
Updated: 2007-02-01 10:07
JERUSALEM - Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres says that Israel does not
intend to use military force against Iran, which Israel suspects is
building nuclear bombs.
On patrol : A Palestinian security officer stands guards the Muqataa or
the Palestinian Authority building in Ramallah. [AFP]
In addition to Iran's nuclear program, Israel considers the Mideast
country a threat because of repeated declarations by its president,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that the Jewish state should be wiped off the map.
Peres spoke Tuesday during "The Doha Debates," a project in which world
leaders discuss current events with students in mideast nation of Qatar.
According to taped excerpts of Peres' comments, the Israeli leader denied
that Israel intended to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.
Moderator Tim Sebastian recalled that Peres said last week at the Davos
economic forum that there are only two options for dealing with Iran -
regime change or military action.
Asked if he would rule out military action, Peres said, "By Israel, yes.
Israel doesn't intend to use military action."
Peres also said that Israel would not interfere in the internal affairs
of Iran. Ahmadinejad "is a problem for the Iranian people because he does
not carry neither a promise, nor a solution," he said.
Qatar and Israel have low-level relations, and visits by senior officials
are rare.
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Israeli leaders have called for international action to prevent Iran from
acquiring nuclear weapons. Israel has said it would take part in such an
effort, emphasizing diplomatic means, but it has not ruled out using its
military.
There has been speculation about the possibility that Israel might send
its air force to bomb Iranian nuclear installations, as it did in 1981,
when Israel destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor in an airstrike. But most
experts believe that would not be possible against Iran.
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