Mossad\r\nhead Dani Yatom submitted to the prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu]\r\nMossad's 1997 work plan, which focuses on Syria. With its\r\nnonconventional missile capability, Syria is considered the No 1 threat\r\nand tops the list of security priorities.
Yediot\r\nAharonot, 22 January 1997<\/span>]\r\n [2]
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\r\nThe\r\nmost dangerous of these [Middle Eastern] regimes is Iran, that is wed a\r\ncruel despotism to a fanatic militancy, if this regime, or its despotic\r\nneighbor Iraq, were to acquire nuclear weapons, this could presage\r\ncatastrophic consequences not only for my country and not only for the\r\nMiddle East, but for all of mankind.
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\r\n[Israeli\r\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speech at the U.S. Congress,\r\nWashington D.C., 10 July 1996. Mr Netanyahu delivered this speech in\r\nhis third week in office.<\/span>]\r\n [3]
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\r\n[1] Cabinet\r\ncommunique
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\r\nIsrael Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, 27 January 2013
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\r\n[2] Israeli Mossad’s work plan views Syria as main\r\nthreat ‘for first time in years’
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\r\nText of report by Israeli newspaper 'Yediot Aharonot', BBC Monitoring\r\nService, 23 January 1997
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\r\n[3] Speech\r\nby Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of the United\r\nStates Congress
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\r\nIsrael Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, 10 July 1996
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