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Associated PressIsraeli Losing Patience for Iran TalksBy ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
(06-06) 14:24 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
A senior member of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government
suggested Wednesday that his country is running out of patience with
a U.S.-backed diplomatic overture to head off Iran's nuclear ambitions.
-snip-"Iran continues a military nuclear program," said Shaul Mofaz, Israel's
deputy prime minister and transportation minister, following a meeting
with Rice.
"I believe diplomatic efforts should bear results until the end of 2007,"
Mofaz added without elaboration.
Although cryptic, his remark was apparently a sign of declining Israeli
confidence that carrot-and-stick diplomacy will persuade Iran to give
up parts of its nuclear program that Israel and the West fear could
lead to a bomb.
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