[Ynet News] Alex Fishman - They must be celebrating in Teheran. The American report claiming Iran froze its nuclear weapons development program in 2003 is a below-the-belt blow for the Israeli struggle in the international arena against Iranian nukes. Israeli defense officials fail to understand where the Americans got the idea that Iran has not renewed its nuclear weapons development process. The information available to Israeli and Western intelligence services shows that Iran, due to diplomatic pressures, indeed froze the process in 2003, but the same information shows that the efforts were renewed two years later and are continuing to this day. Behind closed doors, Israeli defense officials are convinced that U.S. intelligence bodies are simply getting it wrong, both in terms of timetables as well as certain phases in the development of Iran's military nuclear capabilities. Israel has no intention to stop or slow down its preparations in response to a nuclear Iran - but now we may have to do this a bit more alone.
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