In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,†Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at news agency coverage of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
For example, AFP reports about a recent visit to Jerusalem by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. It quoted Kouchner telling Ha’aretz: “I honestly don’t believe [a nuclear weapon] will give any immunity to Iran…First, because you [Israel] will hit them before. And this is the danger. Israel has always said it will not wait for the bomb to be ready. I think that [the Iranians] know. Everyone knows.”
Writes Michaels: “This is very blunt talk from the foreign minister of the country that currently holds the presidency of the European Union. And it further underscores the depth of concern that Europe, as well as Israel, has that Iran could acquire nuclear weapons – possibly within a year.”
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