Saturday, May 09, 2009
US Sets End of October Deadline for Finishing First Round of Iran Nuclear Negotiations; Israel Screwed
China Confidential has repeatedly stated that by definition the Obama administration's decision to engage (code for appease) Iran amounts to a betrayal of Israel because the policy is giving the Islamist nation--which has vowed to annihilate Israel-- time to develop nuclear weapons.
Haaretz reports:The United States has set October as its target for completing the first round of talks with Iran on its nuclear program, according to confidential reports sent to Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday, during talks with his German counterpart, that Iran must not be allowed to continue stalling for time on its nuclear program.
Several days ago, Jerusalem received a classified notice reporting on a meeting between a senior European official and the special U.S. envoy on Iran, Dennis Ross. The telegram stated that Ross said this autumn, probably October, was the target date for concluding the first round of talks.
Ross said that unless the U.S. sees a change in Iran's position on its nuclear program, Washington's stance toward Tehran will stiffen at that time, the source explained.
Several days ago, Ross visited Egypt and several Persian Gulf countries for talks on Iran's nuclear program. Washington has not informed Israel of its plans. So far, Israel has heard about developments between the U.S. and Iran secondhand, via European sources.
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