Uzi Arad: Iraq threat behind us, Iran is looming large
Dec. 15, 2003
Jerusalem Post
Israel's greatest strategic threat is Iran, Herzliya Conference chair Uzi Arad said Monday.
Speaking a day before the opening of the fourth annual conference organized by the Institute of Policy and Strategy of the Interdisciplinary Center, Arad said that one of the focuses of last year's conference was the missile threat from Iraq.
"The Iraq threat is behind us - this year we are still looking foreword, and unfortunately we are looking at Iran as a huge threat – and we will be putting an emphasis on that," he told Army Radio.
The three-day event is scheduled to bring together the cream of the military, political, academic, and economic establishment.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to give a seminal address at the conference on Thursday night. "Last year the Prime Minister chose this platform to present his stance on the 'road map' peace plan."
"I don't expect there will be a huge deviation or breakthrough from what he has said recently," Arad said, regarding the media speculation over Sharon's speech, and the policy thinking underpinning it.
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