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Israel: Negotiations Have Bought the Iranians More Time
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - North Korea's warning that its military has been cleared to launch a nuclear attack against the U.S. should be on everyone's mind as the Western powers sit down again with Iran on Friday in Kazakhstan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday. "Today it is more clear than ever before that we simply cannot allow a situation in which a regime that calls for our annihilation obtains the weapons of annihilation....This must be prevented at all costs." International Relations Minister Yuval Steinitz said, "The extreme regime in North Korea obtained nuclear weapons a short time ago and already a significant nuclear threat is hovering over the citizens of South Korea, Japan and even the western United States. This demonstrates to all of us what are the likely ramifications for Israel, the Middle East and Europe of nuclear weapons in the hands of the extreme regime in Iran." Israeli officials have low expectations of progress from the Kazakhstan talks. One government official said, "The Iranians have a deliberate strategy of trying to run out the clock."