ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put Iran at the top of his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran's nuclear program would be his first priority as
premier.
"Who do (Israeli voters) think is the most suitable candidate todeal with the Iranian threat? With the missile threat? With the threat of terror?" he asked supporters in Jerusalem in a speech at the official launch of his campaign for January 22 polls.
"We still have a lot ahead of us," he said.
"First and foremost, we must stop Iran's nuclear program and the time for that is slipping away ... That is my first mission as prime minister."
Israel, the US and some European countries accuse Iran of seeking to acquire aweapons capability under the guise of its nuclear energy program.
Iran denies the charge, saying its work is for peaceful purposes only.
At a speech before the UN's General Assembly in September, Netanyahu warned that if Iran continued work at the current pace, it could havethe necessary material for a first bomb by the summer of 2013.
In his speech on Tuesday night, Netanyahu expanded on what he termed his government's economic achievements and laid out his future goals, only briefly addressing the peace process.
"Our hand will continue to be extended to our neighbours for true and mutual peace, while continuing to insist on the state of Israel's vital interests -- I'm telling you -- in the face of all the pressure," he said.
On Monday, Israel approved the latest in a series of construction plans for approximately 5000 Jewish homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Palestinians want east Jerusalem as capital of their promised state, and they -- along with the international community -- consider settlement construction in east Jerusalem and the West Bank a violation of international law.
"With God's help, we will continue to live and build in Jerusalem, which will always stay united under Israeli
sovereignty," Netanyahu said.
Polls predict that Netanyahu's Likud party, which is running on a joint list with the ultranationalist
Yisrael Beitenu faction of former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, will be by far the largest party in the next parliament.
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Israel's Violence on Palestenians
Right to Defend itself
Israel has always cried 'holocaust' tears to the world while singing the old tune of "Defending itself and its citizens".
How do they do it? By banning or killing international journalists by bribing their supportive governments.
Palestine is destroyed as a State so is Gaza. Meanwhile the "chronically suffering Israel" has developed to a point it does not need Uncle Sam anymore, see their infrastructure, see their military development up to nuclear programs... and they are the eternal "poor" in need.
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