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BAITULMAQDIS: Israel akhirnya akan memutuskan sendiri untuk menyerang Iran, kata ketua tentera rejim Zionis dalam wawancara yang disiarkan, semalam ketika pegawai kanan Amerika Syarikat tiba untuk berbincang mengenai Republik Islam itu.

“Israel perlu menjamin keselamatannya sendiri, ini peranan kami sebagai tentera. Israel perlu mempertahankan diri sendiri,” kata Leftenan Jeneral Benny Gantz kepada stesen televisyen kerajaan, TV Satu. “Kita perlu mengikuti perkembangan di Iran dan projek nuklearnya, tetapi secara menyeluruh dengan mengambil kira apa yang dilakukan dunia, apa yang diputuskan Iran dan apa yang akan kita lakukan atau tidak lakukan,” katanya.

 

Sejak beberapa minggu lalu, terdapat spekulasi bahawa Israel hampir melaksanakan serangan terlebih dahulu terhadap program nuklear Iran walaupun rejim Zionis itu menafikan mencapai keputusan sedemikian. Ketegangan antara Iran dan Israel semakin memuncak apabila kapal perang Iran memasuki Laut Mediterranean melalui Terusan Suez dalam usaha menunjukkan kekuatanya, langkah yang akan dipantau dengan teliti oleh rejim Zionis.

Rabu lalu, Iran berkata ia telah memasang 3,000 lagi pengempar bagi meningkatkan keupayaan pengayaan uranium dan menambah proses sari kuning uranium. Israel menyalahkan ejen Teheran bertanggungjawab terhadap serangan yang mensasarkan diplomat negara Zionis itu baru-baru ini di New Delhi, Georgia dan Bangkok, tetapi tuduhan itu dinafikan Iran. Penasihat Keselamatan Kebangsaan AS, Tom Donilon semalam memulakan perbincangan dengan pegawai Israel mengenai pelbagai isu termasuk Iran, dua minggu sebelum Perdana Menteri Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu melawat Washington untuk berunding dengan Presiden Barack Obama mengenai isu sama.

Artikel yang diterbitkan Washington Post, baru-baru ini menyebut Setiausaha Pertahanan AS, Leon Panetta berpendapat Israel mungkin menyerang kemudahan loji nuklear Iran dalam beberapa bulan akan datang.


Menurut Gantz, Iran bukan saja menjadi masalah kepada Israel, tetapi juga masalah kepada dunia dan rantau itu.

Sabtu lalu, Menteri Pertahanan Israel Ehud Barak menyeru dunia mengukuhkan sekatan ke atas Iran sebelum negara itu memasuki “zon imuniti” bagi memusnahkan program nuklear Republik Islam itu. - AFP



Dari akhbar israel,Haaretz :

U.S. concerned that Barak is pushing for Israeli attack on Iran

Visits to Jerusalem by senior U.S. officials this week reflect a growing concern in Washington over the possibility that Israel will decide to attack nuclear sites in Iran. The Americans are particularly worried about the hawkish line that Defense Minister Ehud Barak has adopted on the matter. They apparently have the impression, however, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to come to a final stance on the dispute.
The number of visits that have been made here by senior members of President Barack Obama’s administration in recent months is unusual. A delegation headed by U.S. National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon arrived Saturday evening; and later this week, Israel will host James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence. On separate visits this past fall, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, paid a visit to Israel, as did U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, whose trip here came shortly after a visit to the United States by Barak.

Last month, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, came to Israel, not long after taking office. In another two weeks, Netanyahu will be in Washington to deliver an address before the policy conference of the pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The Israeli premier is also expected to meet with Obama in the course of the visit. Even prior to that, next week, Defense Minister Barak will apparently make his own trip to the U.S. capital to meet with senior administration officials.
On Saturday, Iran announced an immediate halt to the sale of oil to Britain and France. The move came in response to the tough stance the two European countries have taken on the Iranian nuclear program, and in reaction to
the European embargo on Iranian oil that is due to take effect in July.
The officials have contended that Israel is placing undue importance on the “zone of immunity” issue and mentioned Netanyahu’s request that his ministers keep quiet about Iran. Since then, other than the Israeli premier, only one senior Israeli continues to constantly make statements on Iran − Defense Minister Barak, who again made expansive comments on the issue in Japan and Singapore last week.
Support for Barak’s position came yesterday from Vienna, where the International Atomic Energy Agency is based.
The Associated Press quoted senior diplomats in the Austrian capital as warning that the Iranians recently carried out significant work at the Fordow site.


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