Israeli Hints at Preparation to Stop Iran

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JERUSALEM - Israel's defense minister hinted Saturday that the Jewish state is preparing for military action to stop Iran's nuclear program, but said international diplomacy must be the first course of action.



"Israel will not be able to accept an Iranian nuclear capability and it must have the capability to defend itself, with all that that implies, and this we are preparing," Shaul Mofaz said.

His comments at an academic conference stopped short of overtly threatening a military strike but were likely to add to growing tensions with Iran.

Germany's defense minister said in an interview published Saturday that he is hopeful of a diplomatic solution to the impasse over Iran's nuclear program, but argued that "all options" should remain open.

Asked by the Bild am Sonntag weekly whether the threat of a military solution should remain in place, Franz Josef Jung was quoted as responding: "Yes, we need all options."

French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that France could respond with nuclear weapons against any state-sponsored terrorist attack.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Saturday that Chirac's threats reflect the true intentions of nuclear nations, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

"The French president uncovered the covert intentions of nuclear powers in using this lever (nuclear weapons) to determine political games," IRNA quoted Asefi as saying.

Israel long has identified Iran as its biggest threat and accuses Tehran of pursuing nuclear weapons. Iran says its atomic program is peaceful.

Iran broke U.N. seals at a uranium enrichment plant Jan. 10 and said it was resuming nuclear research after a 2 1/2-year freeze. Germany, France and Britain said two days later that talks aimed at halting Iran's nuclear progress were at a dead end and called for Iran's referral to the U.N. Security Council.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, will meet Feb. 2 to discuss possible referral.

Israel's Mofaz said sanctions and international oversight of Iran's nuclear program stood as the "correct policy at this time."

In Germany, Jung called himself "confident that there will be a diplomatic solution in the case of Iran."

Israeli leaders have also repeatedly said they hope the crisis can be resolved through diplomacy, and they said any military action would have to be part of an international effort. They have denied having plans for a unilateral preventive strike.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Tehran might still agree to Moscow's offer to move its uranium enrichment program to Russia, a step backed by the United States and Europeans as a way to resolve the deadlock.

Israel's concerns about Iran have grown since the election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said last year that Israel should be "wiped off the map."

On Friday, Iran's Students News Agency reported Friday that Central Bank governor Ebrahim Sheibani said Iran had begun moving its foreign currency reserves from European banks and transferring them to an undisclosed location as protection against possible U.N. sanctions.

Sheibani backed away Saturday from his statement that the transfers were already underway, and Iran's Central Bank said there had been no change in its currency policy.

Estimates put Iranian funds in Europe at as much as $50 billion.

[T-Man007]

TweetGreat. I hope we can stay out of this one. Seriously, let Isreal fight their own battle this time. If it goes nuclear, well then, Europe and Asia can resolve it. This pisses me off. No sooner do we start to gain headway in Iraq, this shit happens. I pray to God that Bush just stays out of this one. He needs to let the World have a go at playing 'big brother', that way, if they phuk it up, then people will 'want' our help. (See both World Wars - lol) We should sit back and make the weapons and let them use them, for a fee of course. That would save lives, boost the economy, and reduce the deficit. IMO

[Waterboy]

TweetAgreed T-man, we should stay out of this one.
Just supply Isreal with the weapons and watch them beat the crap out of Iran. They have the tendency to accomplish what ever they set out to do, and really don't give a damn what the world thiks.

[Skarhead]

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Great. I hope we can stay out of this one. Seriously, let Isreal fight their own battle this time. If it goes nuclear, well then, Europe and Asia can resolve it. This pisses me off. No sooner do we start to gain headway in Iraq, this shit happens. I pray to God that Bush just stays out of this one. He needs to let the World have a go at playing 'big brother', that way, if they phuk it up, then people will 'want' our help. (See both World Wars - lol) We should sit back and make the weapons and let them use them, for a fee of course. That would save lives, boost the economy, and reduce the deficit. IMO

im surpised you rstance is that t-man but i agree, but we already do help out israel a lot , part of the reason why the muslim extremist hate us.. i bet we had something to do w/ the decision to prepare to start a war w/ iran

[Klash]

TweetIran is not just a threat to Israel. Iran sponsors terrorist that target the U.S. Plus if you remember, in the first gulf war America asked Israel not to get involved, even after Iraq fired scuds at them, because they didnt want to give the Arab world an excuse for an assault on Israel. If anything is done militarly it will probably be U.S. equipment with foreign fighters (i.e. U.N.). Just my opinion.

Bomb Iran!!!

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Bomb Iran!!!

u need arabs to do that job....we are good at bombing

[Klash]

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u need arabs to do that job....we are good at bombing

LOL!!!

[DIRTY_SOUTH]

Tweet6. In the last days, Jerusalem would be a burden to the entire world.
Zech 12:2-3 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about... And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces.
Turn on your TV and watch the news. What nation and what city would you most likely expect to see? Israel and Jerusalem! Today, Jerusalem is a burden that causes trembling for all the nations just as God foretold. What makes this prophecy even more remarkable is that when the prophet Zechariah spoke these words around 520BC, Jerusalem lay in ruins. But God said it would become the focus of the world's attention! Today, Israel has 0.01% of the worlds population, yet 33% of the United Nations resolutions have been passed concerning her!

7. In the end, all nations shall come against Israel.
Zech 14:2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.
Apart from the USA, Israel has few allies. In a recent conference on racism in South Africa, the Israeli and United States delegates were forced to walk out as the other participating nations vented their anger towards Israel and tried to declare it a racist state. One day, the Bible predicts, she will have no allies, and all nations shall be gathered against her. The TV news will show you that we are on the road towards that battle. But if the odds seem a little uneven, please read the next prophecy that the Bible predicts...

8. God Himself, Jesus Christ, will return and fight for Israel against the attacking nations.
Zech 14:3-4 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
You may have heard of this battle to come. It's called the battle of Armageddon because of the location where the nations assemble themselves before attacking. The book of Revelation puts it like this...
Rev 16:14-16 They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty... Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
Revelation also prophecies the return of Jesus Christ on this day saying...
Rev 19:11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.

Here's a link to the rest of chronological events to happen if anyone is interested. I'm not forcing my religion on anyone but its kinda hard to deny things that were written 2000+ years ago and see them still stand true today. God bless everyone and Israel.

https://www.jesusplusnothing.com/prophecy.htm

[Skarhead]

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. I'm not forcing my religion on anyone but its kinda hard to deny things that were written 2000+ years ago

I differ

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