www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Middle East

Hagel's Israeli visit to focus on Iran, Syria

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-04-22 10:05

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrived in Israel on Sunday for talks with Israeli officials on issues including Iran's nuclear program and the Syrian crisis.

Israel is the first stop of Hagel's week-long trip to the Middle East, which will also take him to Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Hagel's Israeli visit to focus on Iran, Syria

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during his visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem April 21, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]

Hagel had been doubted for his views on Israel and Iran, but has since worked to convince his doubters that he is a strong supporter of Israel and opposes a nuclear armed Iran. To back his words up, he is expected to announce a major arms deal with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to the New York Times.

The total value of the deal is reported to be 10 billion US dollars for all three countries. The deal will include a number of advanced weapons systems aimed both at countering the threat from Iran and giving Israel the ability to deal with challenges closer to its borders, the newspaper reported.

Double-purpose visit

Professor Uzi Rabi, of Tel Aviv University, told Xinhua Sunday that Hagel's visit serves the double-purpose: to show Americans' support for Israel, and to send a message to Iran that it needs to understand that unless serious progress is made in the so-called P5+1 negotiations, there is a credible military option.

"The second half of 2013 is a real critical period in terms of this Israel-Iran-US (triangle)," Rabi said.

"I guess that the P5+1 will provide Iran with another trial for two or three months, but come September and October if there is no news we are back to square one and the United States will have to decide how to proceed from there," he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a nuclear armed Iran an "existential threat" to Israel, and during a speech at the UN General Assembly in September 2012, he urged the international community, especially Washington, to establish clear limits or "red lines" for how much uranium Iran should be allowed to enrich. Enriched uranium is a key component when producing a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu and other Israeli officials have in the past said Israel cannot allow Iran to cross the nuclear threshold, often stating that all options are on the table.

However, after the United States and the European Union decided to impose additional economic sanctions on Iran, Israel's notion of an attack has been largely absent for the public discourse. The silence has been interpreted as that Netanyahu has resigned to the fact that Israel singlehandedly cannot destroy Iran's nuclear infrastructure and that it is better for Israel to stand back and let the United States take the lead.

However, the possibility of an Israeli attack has in the past been used by Washington as a reason to impose tougher sanctions on Iran, and Rabi added that Hagel's visit could also be seen as a way "to send a message to Iran that the United States is still actually blocking Israel from doing an attack."

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产高清在线不卡 | 在线视频中文字幕 | 国产成人精品三区 | 怡红院在线视频全部观看 | 亚洲精品一区二区中文 | 亚洲精品人成网在线播放影院 | 一级毛片在线不卡直接观看 | 欧美另类69xxxxx极品 | 亚洲3p| 精品国产中文一级毛片在线看 | 黄频漫画 | 亚洲欧美日韩综合久久久久 | 久久频这里精品99香蕉久网址 | 精品一区二区三区三区 | 亚洲精品天堂在线观看 | 日本特一级毛片免费视频 | 国产精品秒播无毒不卡 | 三级网站国产 | 欧美在线bdsm调教一区 | 亚洲人成一区二区三区 | 99九九成人免费视频精品 | 美国毛片网 | 一级毛片私人影院老司机 | 国产亚洲人成a在线v网站 | 国产第三区 | 国产主播福利精品一区二区 | 另类女最新视频 | 欧美一级毛片免费播放aa | 男人的天堂视频在线 | 日本三级香港三级人妇 m | 国产午夜人做人视频羞羞 | 国产国语一级毛片全部 | 国产精品一区在线播放 | 日本免费一区视频 | 欧美俄罗斯一级毛片 | 欧美日韩精品一区二区三区视频播放 | 国产美女一级视频 | 美女黄色免费看 | 国产日韩一区二区三区 | 美女张开腿让男人捅的视频 | 最新99国产成人精品视频免费 |