(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Israel's Security Cabinet met Tuesday for ten hours to hear intelligence assessments and conduct an in-depth discussion on Iran. It is likely that among the issues discussed were the "red lines" that Israel would like the U.S. to establish as a way of deterring Iran from moving ahead. Uzi Arad, former head of the National Security Council, said that they could include a declaration that any uranium enrichment beyond 20% would be a direct trigger for military action. Arad told Israel Radio that other possible red lines could be the discovery of additional uranium enrichment plants or interference with the work of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors. In addition, Arad said the U.S. has not yet spoken in "categorical terms" about its determination to stop the Iranian nuclear march. An example of this would be clearer presidential declarations that the U.S. will not tolerate or allow a nuclear Iran, and will use all means to prevent it. Another "categorical" expression could be a clear statement that the military objective of any U.S. action would not be to "buy time," but rather to prevent Iran from ever being able to build a nuclear bomb.
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