British FM: Israel and Iran Both Potential Threats(?)

British FM: Israel and Iran Both Potential Threats By Ezra HaLevi
England's Foreign Minister Jack Straw says the world should worry about
disabling Israel's nuclear capabilities as much as it is concerned with
preventing Iran from going nuclear.
Straw said Thursday that Britain is seeking a "nuclear-free Middle
East." He said that Iran and Israel were the only two countries left
that posed "potential threats" now that Iraq and Libya's nuclear
aspirations have been neutralized.
The foreign minister, who has made headlines in the past criticizing the
Jewish state, conceded that removing the Iranian threat was indeed more
urgent than the Israeli one. "If you want to see a nuclear-free Middle
East, you've got to remove that threat from Iran, including the
rhetorical threat to wipe Israel off the face of the map," Straw told
British Channel 4 television. "Once you've done that, then we can get on
to work in respect of Israel."
Former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon faced criticism from defense
officials in Israel over the weekend after he spoke at the Washington
D.C. Hudson Institute, saying the military option against Iran's nuclear
project was viable. He responded to the criticism on Israeli television
Friday. "I spoke about the West's military option," he said. "Whether it
is U.S. forces, NATO or the Israeli army that deal with the Iranian
capability - there is a military capability that would set back the
program for many years."
Meanwhile, Iran threatened Saturday to use its oil as a weapon if the UN
Security Council imposes sanctions over its nuclear program. "If they
politicize our nuclear case," Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa
Pourmohammadi said, "we will use any means. We are rich in energy
resources. We have control over the biggest and the most sensitive
energy route of the world."
Iran is the second largest producer in the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC). It has partial control over the narrow
Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which crude
oil is transported from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates
and Iraq to the world market.
(Good L-rd in heaven! Will Straw be wanting to disarm the U.S. next, or
possibly Narnia? I think a drug test may be in order?)

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