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Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was quoted Monday as telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that Israel will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran.
In the unsourced report, Army Radio also quoted Biden as saying that he opposed “opening an additional military and diplomatic front.“
Biden, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has long been considered strongly pro-Israel. His nomination as Barack Obama’s running mate had been expected to shore up the Democrats’ strength with US Jewish voters.
According to Israeli daily Haaretz, Army Radio said Israeli officials expressed “amazement“ over the remarks attributed to him.
“Israel will have to reconcile itself with the nuclearization of Iran,“ Army Radio quoted Biden as telling the unnamed officials.
“It’s doubtful if the economic sanctions will be effective, and I am against opening an additional military and diplomatic front.“
Last year, in a widely quoted interview with the Jewish American Shalom TV, Biden said, “I am a Zionist. You don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist,“ adding that “Israel is the single greatest strength that America has in the Middle East,“ and that its presence as a strategic ally meant that America need station far fewer troops and warships in the region.
Iran says its nuclear program is geared to producing electricity but the Israeli regime and the US accuse it of trying to develop a nuclear weapons capability.
Roswitha´s remark: What they don´t say here is, that this remark was made several years ago.
http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/2/9/biden_quoted_as_saying_that_israel_will_have_to_reconcile_itself_to_a_nuclear_iran/
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