Israel's top general says Iran unlikely to make bomb

 
Gantz speaking in February at the Herzliya Conference
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"Iran is moving step-by-step towards a point where it will be able to decide if it wants to make a nuclear bomb. It has not decided yet whether to go the extra mile," said Israeli Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz.

But, he said, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could opt to produce nuclear weapons should be believe that Iran would not face reprisal.

"In my opinion, he will be making a huge mistake if he does that and I don't think he will want to go the extra mile," Gantz said.

Netanyahu:
Throughout history, Jews have overcome all enemies

 
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Jews have overcome all their enemies throughout history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during the state ceremony for fallen soldiers at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem Wednesday.

"They want to wipe Israel off the map," Netanyahu said of Israel's contemporary enemies. "They will not succeed." "We are here in Jerusalem, and will stay in Jerusalem, the holy city of the Jewish nation for generations to come," the Prime Minister declared on Remembrance Day, 45 years after the IDF liberated Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War.

Two top Palestinian leaders not on speaking terms

 
Fayyad and Abbas
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Western diplomats said both the European Union and the United States were urging PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to end their feud. Fayyad has briefed EU and U.S. officials of his split with Abbas. They said the two men were no longer on speaking terms amid Abbas' suspicions that Fayyad was acting independently.

On April 23, Fayyad had refused to deliver a letter from Abbas to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Fayyad was reported around that time as having stated, "I don’t work as a postman for Abbas and Fatah