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    Israel defense chief: Iran sanctions won't work

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister says Israel has no desire to go to war with Iran over its nuclear program but warns that at some point there may be no other option.

    Ehud Barak says Israel "would be very glad" if sanctions and diplomacy would lead Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons program but that he doesn't think that will happen.

    Barak told Israel Radio on Thursday that Israel doesn't wish to fight unnecessary wars, but "definitely we might be forced" to act.

    Israel, like the West, is convinced Iran is developing a nuclear bomb. It says a nuclear-armed Iran would be an existential threat, citing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's calls for Israel's destruction.

     

    104 comments

    • Jeff  •  5 mths ago
      Attacking an embassy by ordinary students is an impossible task in a country like Iran with its brutal police force unless it is allowed to take place for political gains.
      The question to ask is who is gaining from a move like this and why is the police allowing it to happen.
      To even think anything else is just too crazy.
      If a few students can break through the police so easily today, how come the 100s of 1000s could not do the same 2009?
      This is just another bullsh-t.
      • Tiger222 5 mths ago
        Yes Jeff...you have only to look at the photos and see that they are not students...look and you will see police holding their weapons in a non-defense way...the ones breaking in are iran secret police...look at their faces in the photo galley...the student that they clubbed was a real student who rushed in to help, not knowing it was a staged event...and he was clubbed to keep him from attacking the police officers
      • Stephen 5 mths ago
        Yup
    • Robert  •  Southfield, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Sanctions won't work and has not worked because both China and Russia are selling Iran the parts they need to produce nuclear warheads.
      • o24z 5 mths ago
        So we gave Israel the bomb.
      • Larry Curly & Moe 5 mths ago
        some reason people cant understand that simple statement
      • bjm 5 mths ago
        Israel is selling Iran parts also since they never signed the treaty.
    • A Christian In America  •  5 mths ago
      WARNING TO THE WORLD:
      And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth are gathered together against it. (Zech 12:3)
      • Donald 5 mths ago
        Amen!
      • Donald 5 mths ago
        For all those Bible ignorant people out there. God will be the one who crushes Israels enemies. That day will be soon upon us.
      • Ol'Timer 5 mths ago
        :)
    • Amy  •  5 mths ago
      China sends our US dollars to Iran as a loan to offset the American and European sanctions. BUY MADE in CHINA you fools!
      • Stephen 5 mths ago
        Your statement really makes no sense
      • Amy 5 mths ago
        Stephan you will make a get Politican...your so easily hoodwinked and naive.
      • USkipper 5 mths ago
        Avoiding made in China is easier said than done. Just ONE example: many musicians SWEAR by their guitar-amplifiers powered by electron tubes, not transistors. The only place in the world making audio-type electron tubes is China. So I nominate YOU to tell the music industry they have to do without.
    • Scott  •  5 mths ago
      Yep, don't make things more complicated than they have to be. Your neighbor says they want to annhilate you and the world would be better off without you. Your catch your neighbor stockpiling guns and explosives and gasoline cans and trying to hide it from you. You ask the police for help and they dither. You ask other neighbors for help and they dither. What do you do? You attack first, and you do it with as much surprise as you can create, if you care about your family and yourself.
      • reaper 5 mths ago
        I agree let in the inspectors to Israel
      • A 5 mths ago
        haha....let in troops to protect palestine from themselves........ Bet you that palestinians would start killing the troops sent to create a buffer between them and israel.....
      • Scott 5 mths ago
        Which country or people did Israel say they were going to annihilate? I don't think they're perfect, I do not understand why it is OK for them to be a racist state, but equating them to Iran is beyond irrational.
    • MP  •  5 mths ago
      The average person knows this.....leftist countries and govts don't. The only thing Iran knows is who has the biggest hammer. A MOAB or two at their front door should get their attention.
    • Gary  •  Conway, United States  •  5 mths ago
      What really scares me is is the people who know everything yet have nothing to say have to post multiple times to prove their point. However, if you look really really close at a point it is just a little round circle that resembles a zero.
    • GFW_TEXAS  •  5 mths ago
      Unless the Iranian population rises up and takes back their country from the ruling religious right - there is be at least a limited strike on Iran nuclear facilities. The only questions are when and by whom. At least when Saddam was still in power he kept Iran in check. Geez, we have sure gotten ourselves in some deepshet in the in the middle east.
    • 1eyeopen  •  5 mths ago
      Sanctions have NEVER been effective on Iran.
    • The Eye of Reason  •  5 mths ago
      Well how about a real big DUH!
    • Bill White  •  Saginaw, United States  •  5 mths ago
      The crazed zealots who attack first gets the blame when the middle east go up in flames !!!
    • Victor Ramirez  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      What kind of sh/it is this? I've been reading many articles here in yahoo lately about Israel wanting to strike Iran,this sounds to me that Israel is like a mad barking dog threatning I ran since 2003,israel is scared of Iran! F....king cowards!!
    • Georges M  •  Paris, France  •  5 mths ago
      Hide or attack?
      France was hiding behind the ligne Maginot, but the Germans
      attacked and smashed France.
      Germans were hiding behind the Atlantic Wall, but the Allies
      attacked and smashed Germany.
      Israel was hiding behind the Bar Lev line, but the Egyptians
      attacked and nearly smashed Israel.
      In 1967 Israel did not hide but attacked and smashed overwhelming
      Arab armies.
      Will Israel hide under Iron Domes and get smashed, or attack
      and smash her foes?
    • Justmyopinion  •  Little Rock, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Sanctions on Iran will be about as effective as the sanctions on North Korea.
    • Aphrodisiac  •  Hanoi, Vietnam  •  5 mths ago
      And in the meanwhile... Our college students just discovered a 3000 miles underground tunnel (boasted by their diggers as The Great Wall of China underground) use to move around 3000 nuclear warheads of the Chinese military. Just wondering... are we going to sanction China? Are we going to "advise" Israel before we attack China? Are we going to turn China into the next Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  London, United Kingdom  •  5 mths ago
      I think the West and Israel should start thinking about planting some MUSHROOMS in Iran , that would work, they are begging for it they want to be Martyrs respect their wishes.
    • half tilted  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      iran is not america's enemy...

      iran is israel's enemy.

      israel would have you think that iran is america's enemy

      that way the iranian and american boys would die

      while the israelis kick back and enjoy the show.
    • Alan  •  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  •  5 mths ago
      Day in day out talk about war...

      Start developing your country instead of going to war and be destroyed.
    • David Meir  •  Jerusalem, Israel  •  5 mths ago
      A nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel, but to the whole middle east. In their desire to advance shia Islam, they would have to curb Saoudia and it's wahabbi doctrine, and the best way to do it, would be to infect with radioactive material Saoudia's oil reserves, with a devastating economic result.The US would have no choice to turn to Iranian oil, but at very disavantageous rates since Iran would favor Russia and China first.This would bring america to collapse economically, and not be the leading world country anymore.To prevent that, Saoudia would demand nuclear weapons (and with their money and oil influence), they would get them in a very short term. Egypt and turkey would aquire them as well, to protect sunni islam against #$%$ imperialism.You would then have the whole middle east turned nuclear, when most of the countries in it, are falling into islamists hands.For Israel, the situation would be very difficult, because any attack by the palestinians, or the hizbollah, would be watched by Iran, and they would threaten to use their atomic capability if we dare respond, and (without a doubt), the US and Europe would pressure us not to, leaving the israeli population at the mercy of any terrorist group who want to **** with us.
    • Temujin  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Bombs......not sanctions
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