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"Nothing Left" But Force If Next Talks with Iran Fail, Warns Ex-Mossad Chief Halevy

(Times of Israel) David Horovitz - If upcoming international talks with Iran on thwarting its nuclear program do not quickly produce a breakthrough, there will be "nothing else left" but a resort to force, the former head of the Mossad, Efraim Halevy, said in an interview on Sunday. "The number one thing the world should be doing is investing enormous preparation into the P5+1 confrontation" with Iran, said Halevy, but "I don't detect any signs of this." Iran, he said, would doubtless try to play for time in the talks, which are likely to convene soon. Perhaps, it was put to Halevy, Israel could live with a nuclear weapons-capable Iran? Halevy responded: "I don't think that we should countenance that as long as we can do what we can to remove it. I don't accept the notion that Israel is destructible. But I think that if Iran retains a nuclear capability, life here is going to be very tough for a very long period to come. Israel will not disappear, but Israel will go through a period which I would not like it to go through."
2012-03-26 00:00:00
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