30 juillet 2012
Panetta kicks off ME tour, touts Israel-US ties
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday touted the close security relationship between Israel and the US, suggesting that Israel remained on board with international efforts to pressure Iran on its nuclear program and had not decided to unilaterally strike the Islamic Republic. Panetta was speaking at the start of a week long trip to the Middle East and North Africa that will bring him to Israel for talks with top officials, in which discussion of Iran's nuclear program... [Lire la suite]
29 juillet 2012
Romney takes hard line on Iran during Israel visit; declare Jerusalem capital of Israel
US presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a hard line on Iran in a speech in Jerusalem on Sunday. The Republican White House hopeful said that when Iran's leaders deny the Holocaust or speak of wiping Israel off the map, only the naive or worse will dismiss it as rhetoric. Romney said that a nuclear Iran must be prevented. He said Iran is closer to develpoing a nuclear capability, and preventing that outcome nust by the highest national security priority, with no options... [Lire la suite]
