Israel 'Not Fooled' By Iran's Nuclear Assurances

Israel said it was not fooled by assurances from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Tehran's nuclear program was no threat to the Jewish state. ‘Israel is not fooled by such declarations, the sole aim of which are to avoid sanctions being imposed on Iran’ by the UN Security Council, government spokesman Avi Pazner told AFP. Ahmadinejad ‘has often stated his true intentions concerning Israel,’ he said, a reference to repeated calls by the Iranian president for the country's destruction. Ahmadinejad said Saturday that ‘one cannot deprive any nation from its rights. The Iranian nation will defend its rights to nuclear technology with force.’