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October 12, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/487415.html

The Middle East Strategic Balance

(Ha'aretz) Amnon Barzilai- According to "The Middle East Strategic Balance 2003-2004," released Monday by Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, the U.S. seemed closer to the possible use of force to prevent Iran from completing its nuclear program. Jaffee Center head Prof. Shai Feldman noted that Iran is now closer than ever to the production of fissile material, but that global attention to the inherent dangers in Iran's nuclear efforts had increased, especially among the U.S. and key European states. According to the deputy head of the center, Dr. Ephraim Kam, any Israeli military operation against Iran would require dialogue with the U.S. because U.S. forces are currently positioned between the two countries. Iran had 4-5 nuclear reactors, and maybe even additional ones that had been built in secret, Kam said.

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