Meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, President Shimon Peres warned of the international community permitting Iran to reach nuclear capabilities. He explained that such a reality would result in a nuclear Middle East where disputes would then be settled with nuclear bombs.

Spindelegger expressed his understanding and that of the European community, confirming with the president�s calls for action.

The president referred to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad� as a “dictator and a murderer who hangs people in the streets, shoots at unarmed civilians, calls for the destruction of a nation and travels the world as if he was a legitimate leader�.

Realizing the foreign minister is traveling to Syria from Israel, Mr. Peres urged him to deliver a message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, they Israel prefers to meet at the negotiating table and wishes to enter into diplomatic negotiations.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)