Israel is seeking an international resolution to the Iranian nuclear threat but will act on its own if needed, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee which convened on Monday to discuss foreign policy challenges facing Israel.
Lapid noted that as nuclear talks between European powers and Iran resume in Vienna, “stopping Iran’s nuclear program is the primary challenge for Israeli foreign and security policy.”
“In recent months, we’ve engaged in an intensive dialogue with all the countries involved in these negotiations. Naturally, primarily with the United States, but not only. I’ve traveled to Moscow, Paris, London, and of course, Washington, DC. We have told everyone clearly: Israel will not let Iran become a nuclear threshold state. Certainly, we prefer to act through international cooperation, but if necessary – we will defend ourselves, by ourselves,” he underscored. [Tazpit News Agency]
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