Israeli Defence Minister says US should halt N Korea’s nuke programme before Iran’s

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A delegation of 16 leading Israeli companies will participate in INDESEC Expo 2009 on homeland security to be held here Oct 11-13, a statement said Friday. The Israeli delegation will be headed by Guy Zuri, director of aerospace, defence and homeland security at the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute, the release said.

October 4th, 2009 LONDON - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has handed over a list and evidence to Moscow, showing that some Russian scientists have been helping Iran to develop a nuclear bomb. Netanyahu's revelation came during his secret Moscow visit where he held urgent talks with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev.

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the four-decade-old secret Israel-American accord, allowing Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, would continue. According to the Washington Times, the US since 1969 has not pressured Israel to disclose its nuclear weapons or to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which could require Israel to give up its estimated several hundred nuclear bombs.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Iran's move to test-fire missiles over the weekend has met with international criticism, with the US saying they fit into Tehran's pattern of provocation. White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said late Monday the tests were part of the "provocative nature with which Iran has acted on the world stage for a number of years".

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Israel has rejected reports which suggested that it has ruled out using military power to counter Iran's nuclear weapon programme. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Israel can not guarantee it will not strike Iran.

September 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Rogue Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan, who is the father of the Islamic nation's nuclear weapons programme, has now admitted the Pakistani hand in the Iranian nuclear programme.

August 31st, 2009 LOS ANGELES - If Iran does not accept international proposals to roll back its nuclear programme by next month, it faces an imminent Israeli strike, a newspaper article said. In an opinion piece Sunday authored by Micah Zenko who is a political scientist with expertise in national security issues, the Los Angeles Times said Israel will act alone to stop the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon.

August 23rd, 2009 JERUSALEM - Four days before travelling to London for a meeting with American envoy George Mitchell, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has told his inner cabinet that "significant progress" has been made on negotiations with the US over a settlement freeze. According to the Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu and his special emissary Yitzhak Molcho, briefed Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor and Bennie Begin about the latest round of talks in Washington.o details of the discussions were released.

July 29th, 2009 JERUSALEM - US National Security Advisor James Jones was in Israel Wednesday for briefings related to Iran's nuclear programme, in the midst of a week of intense US-Israeli diplomacy. General Jones heard updates from senior Israeli security officials, before scheduled meetings with Israel Army Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazi and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the day.

July 19th, 2009 Radio: Israel told to halt east Jerusalem projectJERUSALEM — Israeli radio stations say the U.S. has told Israel to halt construction project in east Jerusalem.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been assured by the chief of the country's intelligence agency Mossad, Meir Dagan, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran's nuclear sites. Dagan held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility of such a raid earlier this year.

June 12th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel has said that even if former Iran Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi wins Friday's presidential elections, his country's quest for being nuclear-armed will not diminish. As more than 46.2 million eligible Iranian voters choose their president in elections on Friday, senior Israeli defense officials have stressed that the outcome is unlikely to have any impact on Teheran's continued race toward nuclear power.

May 30th, 2009 SINGAPORE - South Korean Defence Minister Lee Sang Hee Saturday urged the UN Security Council to take action against North Korea following the Communist country's nuclear test this week but said it would work to resolve the crisis peacefully. Speaking to a meeting on Asian security in Singapore, Lee called on the UN and the international community "to take proper measures against North Korea's wrongdoings so that it would give up its nuclear developments".

May 15th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Leon Panetta was sent on a secret mission to Israel to warn its leaders not to launch a surprise attack on Iran without notifying Washington. As Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, prepares to visit Washington, it emerged yesterday that Panetta, went to Israel two weeks ago to seek assurances from Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak that their hawkish new Government would not attack Iran without alerting Washington.

April 18th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The Israeli military is preparing to launch a massive aerial strike on Iran's nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government. "Israel wants to know that if its forces were given the green light they could strike at Iran in a matter of days, even hours.