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‘Iran Can Now Produce Nuclear Bomb’

Posted by Bookyards on December 8th, 2009

Binyamin Netanyahu

From The Jerusalem Post:

Israel’s most challenging strategic problem is the Iranian nuclear program, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday, during which he also painted a pessimistic view of the situation along Israel’s northern border.

“In the last year, two things have happened: Iran has advanced its military nuclear program, and Iran has lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the international community,” Netanyahu told the committee, adding that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities was Israel’s “central problem.”

Israel’s Military Intelligence Chief Gives His Opinion Of Iran’s Recently Disclosed Nuclear Facility.

Posted by Bookyards on November 3rd, 2009

Iran’s Qom Nuclear Facility (DigitalGlobe/Reuters)

Yadlin: Qom Facility Has No Possible Civilian Use — Jerusalem Post

The recently-revealed Iranian nuclear facility in the Shi’a holy city of Qom has “no possible civilian use,” Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen.

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Deputy Defense Minister: Israelis Should Be Prepared For All-Out War

Posted by Bookyards on May 26th, 2009

Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilna’i

‘Home Front Drill Scenario Not Fiction’ — Jerusalem Post

Israel will likely suffer simultaneous missile strikes and terrorist attacks in the next outbreak of war, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilna’i told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.

That is why the Home Front Command is conducting a five-day drill next week, dubbed Turning Point 3, which will send Israelis running for their bomb shelters on June 2.

“This isn’t an imaginary situation. This isn’t detached from reality and if there is a war, it’s very likely that this is what will happen,” Vilnai said, during the committee hearing.