Clinton to Hear Israel's 'Red Lines' on Iran

Israel National News ^ | March 3, 2009 | Hana Levi Julian

[Baruchg]

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to meet Tuesday on a variety of issues with a parade of Israeli officials, headed by Prime Minister-designate and Likud party chairman Binyamin Netanyahu.

Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat are also on the list to meet with the new Secretary of State.

Talks are expected to range from discussions on the situation in Gaza to the specific role of Dennis Ross, Clinton's new Special Advisor on Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia affairs, which has yet to be officially defined.

But the matter of prime importance to the Jewish State will be the issue of Israel's "red lines in the sand" regarding the Iranian nuclear threat, listed in a document produced last week by Israeli defense officials, the major points of which were published in the Hebrew-language daily Ha'aretz. Olmert, Livni and Barak all approved the document and reportedly will present a united front on the issue in their individual talks with Clinton.

Israel's 'Red Lines' on Iran Foreign Ministry and defense officials have briefed Netanyahu on the points of the document to be presented to the new American Secretary of State:

[varmintman]

Getting rid of Bibi was a major if not the most major policy priority for the KKKlintler regime. This is the first case in which such a major effort on their part has been reversed.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

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[LongIslandConservative]

Is there anyone who doesn’t realistically expect Israel to target Iran’s facilities? BO won’t do anything to stop them. Israel has no choice. My guess is the summertime Bibi will give the order.
They won’t be able to do it simply with bombing runs. A large number of IDF special forces will need to be on the ground.

[SJackson]

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[Baruchg]

Shalom LongIslandConservative,

I agree with you that only Israel can be relied upon to protect itself from Iran, thereby protecting the entire free world.

I think you may be right about special forces on the ground. For your info, when Israel took out the Syrian installation, there were Israeli special forces on the ground there as well, something which Syria will deny. It was a warm up for what is ahead of us.

Ahmadinejad is sick as a dog anyway. He is going down.

Good day,
Baruch G.