All options are on the table on Iran: Israel
Israel warned "all options" were on the table, including military action, to foil Iran's nuclear ambitions but insisted that all diplomatic channels must be exhausted first.
By PTI |
JERUSALEM: Israel has warned that "all options" were on the table, including military action, to foil Iran's nuclear ambitions but insisted that all diplomatic channels must be exhausted first.
"Israel cannot let Iran get to the point of nuclearisation," Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of Israel's strategic dialogue with the US on Iran, was quoted by 'The Jerusalem Post' as saying.
"All options are on the table. If there won't be a choice other than a nuclear Iran or a military option, it's clear what our decision has to be," he added repeating his previous assertion of preventingTehran from acquiring nuclear capability at any cost.
However, Mofaz, a former Chief of Staff and Defence Minister,also said that all diplomatic alternatives must be exhausted before an attack was considered.
"Iran had succeeded in using the diplomatic process to stall time as it expedited its production of centrifuges, warheads and missiles that could reach every European capital," he added.
Mofaz was blamed for a record rise in gas prices worldwide after he told a daily on June six that Israel would attack Iran, if it did not cease its nuclear programme.
The minister, however, denied that his statemnet was linked to the soaring fuel prices.
Mofaz will head to Washington later this month for a meeting with key officials in which joint policies on Iran could be re-evaluated, the Post reported.
"Israel cannot let Iran get to the point of nuclearisation," Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of Israel's strategic dialogue with the US on Iran, was quoted by 'The Jerusalem Post' as saying.
"All options are on the table. If there won't be a choice other than a nuclear Iran or a military option, it's clear what our decision has to be," he added repeating his previous assertion of preventingTehran from acquiring nuclear capability at any cost.
However, Mofaz, a former Chief of Staff and Defence Minister,also said that all diplomatic alternatives must be exhausted before an attack was considered.
"Iran had succeeded in using the diplomatic process to stall time as it expedited its production of centrifuges, warheads and missiles that could reach every European capital," he added.
Mofaz was blamed for a record rise in gas prices worldwide after he told a daily on June six that Israel would attack Iran, if it did not cease its nuclear programme.
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The minister, however, denied that his statemnet was linked to the soaring fuel prices.
Mofaz will head to Washington later this month for a meeting with key officials in which joint policies on Iran could be re-evaluated, the Post reported.
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