Israel's foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, indirectly responded to the main supposition in the Baker-Hamilton report which made a connection between the situation in Iraq and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Tzipi spoke in the Saban Forum in Washington DC and stated that the problems in the Middle East today do not stem from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The situation today, Livni claimed, changes the way factions are made in the Middle East. Israel today stands side by side with moderate Arab nations and the conflict is with Islamic radicalism. Iran is not a threat just to Israel, Tzipi said, no moderate wants to see Iran or Hezbollah or Hamas, succeed. This is the constant Israeli position of emphasizing the threat of a nuclear Iran to all the region and the world and not just for Israel.
Tzipi was the keynote speaker in the forum which was established by Israeli billionaire, Haim Saban.
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