Word: israel
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...Israel Weighs Nuclear Option Yeltsin Warns of 'World War' TIME Online Special: Back to the Brink...
JERUSALEM: This time, Israel may not simply sit back and watch. As the prospect of an American attack on Iraq appears more and more likely, Israelis are preparing for the worst. "The feeling in Israeli intelligence is that [Saddam] can certainly do it," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "He has biological weapons and if he wants to he can pull...
...said publicly that it expects Israel to refrain from holding its fire, as was the case during the Gulf War. Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country has the "know-how" to cope with an Iraqi strike. And that could mean nukes, says Beyer. "The message is uniform that Israel will retaliate in a devastating way ? which is certainly meant to imply that they would use nuclear weapons." Officially, Israel is silent about its nuclear capability...
...President. The American public and their soaring approval of the President cheapen the national character in the eyes of the world, and perhaps in the realm of American history in the decades to come. This scandal, complex and unsubstantiated, has woefully derailed vital American policy in Iraq, Bosnia and Israel...
...Israel - As it distributes gas masks, Israel welcomes any action to reduce the Iraqi threat. If attacked, retaliation can be expected -- unlike during the Gulf...