Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday that Iraq - not the Palestinians - represents Israel’s greatest threat. Sharon added that strategic cooperation between Israel and the United States in dealing with Saddam Hussein’s regime “has reached unprecedented dimensions.” The Prime Minister said that while Israel is not trying to persuade the U.S. to launch an assault on Baghdad, Israel is certainly not opposed to such a move. Yoram Ettinger, Israel’s former liaison to the U.S. Congress, told Arutz-7 today that an American attack is a certainty, “possibly even before the upcoming Congressional elections in November.”

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