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February 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The rising tensions came as Foreign Secretary William Hague warned in
Saturday’s edition of The Daily Telegraph of the danger of a nuclear Cold
War in the Middle East because of Iran’s nuclear programme.
Mr Donilon’s visit follows a trip by Mossad chief Tamir Pardo to Washington in
December to discuss the possibility of military action against Iran, in
which the security chief asked his counterparts in the CIA what the US
reaction would be to an independent Israeli attack on Tehran.
In an interview with the New York Times late last year, Ehud Barak,
Israel’s minister of defence, suggested that an Israeli strike on Iran is
all but inevitable.
General Uzi Eilam, a former director general of Israel’s ministry of defence,
revealed earlier this week that he may be “among the only ones [Israeli
defence officials]” who does not think a strike is necessary.
He added that the perception of Iran’s nuclear threat has, in his opinion,
been overblown. “I don’t accept that there has been an urgent
deterioration [in attempts to prevent a nuclear Iran],” he said.
“I would be more reserved as far as ringing the big bell goes. But if a
country like Iran is determined to develop a nuclear weapon, sooner or later
they will get there. If a poor country like North Korea can do it, so can
Iran. The question is: how soon can they get there?”
Iran remains adamant that its nuclear development is for peaceful purposes. It
announced three significant advances this week, including the development of
centrifuges capable of producing higher quality enriched uranium in a bigger
quantities and more quickly that its old technology.
A letter written by Tehran expressing a willingness to discuss its nuclear
activity was received with cautious optimism on Friday.
Victoria Nuland, the US State Department spokeswoman, said Washington and its
allies were wary of “false starts” to a negotiation process.
“We’ve had negotiations that started and fizzled, or negotiations that
ate up a lot of time and didn’t go where they needed to go,” Nuland
said.
Israel is yet to react to the letter. Following the botched attempts to bomb
Israeli embassy staff in Israel, Georgia and Thailand, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu urged the international community to “draw a red line”
under Tehran’s efforts to promote terrorist activity.
“Iran is the biggest exporter of terror in the world. Iran’s terror
operations are now exposed for all to see,” Mr Netanyahu told Knesset
members.
Leon Panetta, the US defence secretary, has indicated in his clearest terms
yet that Washington will act to prevent a nuclear Iran and will not tolerate
it if Iran attempts to block the Straits of Hormuz, a naval trade route
supplying one fifth of the world’s oil.
“We, the United States, have all options on the table,” he said.
“If you’re a nation that wants to be part of the international family of
nations, then join it… Join us in an effort to try to diplomatically
reduce your efforts in terms of nuclear capability,” Panetta said.
“So that pressure needs to continue, and Israel has been part of that. My
hope is that Israel will be part of that international effort to keep the
pressure on. That’s the most effective way to isolate Iran and to keep the
pressure on,” he added.
Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, said on Thursday that a two-day visit to Iran by top UN nuclear watchdog officials scheduled would help
determine whether Tehran was serious about tackling international concerns.
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