Israel has power to defend itself from nuclear Iran
Israel has the power and ability to defend itself from a nuclear Iran, which is the most dangerous threat to world peace, incoming Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert told lawmakers. “Israel, which has become a target for destruction of the evil tyrants in Tehran, is not powerless and has the ability to defend itself from every threat,” Olmert said in a speech to parliament in which he presented his new government guidelines. Tehran has been under international pressure to suspend its nuclear activities, which it insists are for civilian energy purposes but which the West and Israel believe are a mask for manufacturing an atomic bomb. Full Story