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Israel Fears Nuke Test Will Encourage Iran
[UPI] Israeli analysts fear North Korea's nuclear test will encourage Iran to go ahead with its program and move Arabs states to seek a nuclear capability. Former minister Dan Meridor, who headed a recent review of Israel's defense doctrine, said the North Korean test demonstrates the weakening of the non-proliferation regime. North Korea has helped Iran develop a missile capability and has offered help to Syria, Meridor noted. He was concerned Iran will conclude it is possible to develop a bomb despite world pressure, and that Arab countries would then seek a nuclear capability to prevent a Muslim-Shiite hegemony.