The Jerusalem Post
Former Israeli diplomat Dore Gold railed against the West's "rising complacency" at the specter of a nuclear Iran Tuesday and warned that any engagement with Teheran should last only a few weeks lest it allow the Islamic Republic to achieve a nuclear breakout.
Gold, who served as Israel's ambassador to the UN during the first term of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, whom he continued to serve as a foreign policy adviser through his recent campaign, contended that Iran's rulers would take full advantage of any period of engagement to advance its nuclear program, as had occurred in past negotiations conducted by the European Union.
On similar grounds, he urged the West to stick to the September deadline it had given Iran to respond to its offer of direct engagement. US President Barack Obama, who has made diplomatic outreach a cornerstone of his Iran policy, had indicated he would reconsider that approach if Iran had not accepted by then. (Read more...)
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