by Israel Hayom Staff
In a briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ya'alon warns that Iran is still pushing forward toward nuclear weapons •Ya'alon says so far Syria is adhering to its commitments to dismantle chemical weapons.
Defense Minister Bogie Ya'alon
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Photo credit: Ziv Koren |
Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon gave a
briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on
Wednesday, emphasizing Iran as Israel's top security priority.
"Looking at the all the challenges before us, there is no doubt Iran is the single greatest challenge," Ya'alon said.
"Given the diplomatic channel that has opened
following elections there, both the prime minister and I have expressed
publicly our concern that some people will be seduced by the regime's
charm offensive and relent. This is a regime that for the last 20 years
we have witnessed how well it knows how to lie, cheat and mislead the
West.
"Our position is very clear. What we see now
in Iran, both the political change and the change in its willingness to
conduct negotiations with the United States stem from the effective
economic pressure brought to bear on the regime. This led Iran's supreme
leader to the conclusion that in order to survive he must speak with
the Americans. He has been forced to make several concessions on Iran's
nuclear program, but Iran's intention is not to give up its nuclear
option. They are working toward retaining an independent enrichment
capability. This is not acceptable to us, because this is a way to
mislead and cheat as they have done in the past.
"Therefore our position is that in order to
ease the sanctions it is necessary to demand from the Iranians to give
up their independent enrichment capability, the plutonium capability
that they developed recently and to give up the material they have
accumulated. If they need a civilian nuclear program to generate energy,
despite all the oil and gas they have, then the West will provide for
their energy needs. If it is for energy purposes, then the West will
provide the materials they need.
"We hope that the diplomatic channel, along
with sanctions, will [stop Iran's nuclear program]. But ultimately we
need to be prepared to defend ourselves, by ourselves, as we always say.
"The other issue we are following is Syria.
Syria has agreed, under international pressure, to give up its chemical
weapons. So far, the regime is adhering to its commitments. The test is
the final result. Will it try to hide or retain some of its chemical
weapons? Time will tell. We continue to follow events and to adhere to
our red lines regarding Syria. We will not allow the transfer of
high-quality weapons from Syria to hostile forces, particularly
Hezbollah. We will not allow the transfer of chemical weapons, which
there has been no attempt so far to transfer. And certainly we will not
tolerate any disruption of our sovereignty in the Golan Heights. If this
happens, as it did recently, we shoot back and destroy the source of
fire. In the most recent case it was a Syrian mortar.
"The Syrian civil war continues. There is a
slight drop in intensity but it is a drop from 1,000 dead per week to
600 dead. I believe that in the near future there will be no political
solution in Syria. One of the noticeable phenomena is the spreading
influence of the global jihad movement. They have spread to Lebanon,
including the firing of a rocket by a global jihad group at Israel two
months ago. There is also the war in the Sinai at present against such
groups.
"Regarding the Palestinian arena, I will say
in brief that there is a wave of terror attacks, even if this is not the
start of a third intifada. But this wave may originate in personal or
criminal motives that become nationalistic. A robbery can easily turn
into the murder of a Jew, or to steal a little girl's bicycle by
stabbing her with a knife. This is unacceptable.
"Some of the attacks are definitely
nationalistically motivated. Like the bulldozer attack or the attempt to
kidnap a soldier and ultimately his murder, or shooting in Hebron. All
these incidents together definitely constitute a wave. But we don't see
any momentum behind it or any group behind it. But definitely at its
basis is incitement in the Palestinian Authority which we have been
pointing out for a while. Unfortunately the incitement has not changed
despite the negotiations.
"In addition, there is a failure to condemn and there is
public endorsement of these attacks. We view all of this with concern
and are prepared for an escalation even though this is not our forecast.
But we are working to get to the bottom of each one of these incidents.
For instance, yesterday morning, we found the last wanted suspect from
the bus attack in Tel Aviv during the Pillar of Defense operation in
November 2012. We finally tracked him down. He opened fire, and was
killed in the confrontation with our soldiers. This will continue to be
our way: to act with determination against terror."
Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=12801
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1 comment:
persian boy:
iran is biggest fighter in war with al-qaeda .we are war with al-qaeda in Eastern border with pakistan and afghanistan.iran's navy is big fighter with al-qaeda pirates .biggest Somali pirate boss captured by iran's navy.iran helped syria and iraq in war with al-qaeda.
you should know
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isreal with modern weapons kill palestain and lebanon people.
isreal support terrorists against iranian people.
isreal support al-qaeda terrorists in syria.
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isreal's big chiefs life in iran and are enemy of iran's people, now.
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