If the Peace Process Wakes Up - - So Will Terror

[FBIS Translated Excerpt] [passage omitted] As 1997
begins, authoritative Israeli sources believe that the
Iranians have not forsaken their intention to stop the peace
process at all cost. "The minute the peace process restarts
and catches momentum -- when the Hebron agreement is signed
or if negotiations with the Syrians resume -- there is no
doubt that the Iranians will reenter the ring and Israel
will be exposed to concentrated terrorist activity on their
part," senior defense establishment sources have said. They
have several options for activating terrorism in Israel: 
Islamic Jihad and other terrorist squads, Iranian
intelligence services, or the apparatus of Hizballah and
'Imad Maghniyah, through the Revolutionary Guards. 
Terrorism is just one of the means the Iranians have
for the attainment of their strategic goal: the destruction
of Israel. Another means is accelerated arms procurement.
While experts believe that Tehran's efforts to obtain a
nuclear bomb will not prove successful for another eight to
10 years, there is quite a good chance that Iran will
develop long-range missiles that can strike at the heart of
Israel within three to five years. 
The reason: The Russians are gradually taking the
place of North Korea in providing Iran with know-how and
helping it attain an ability to develop missiles with a
range of 1,300 km and up. "I only hope that the Americans
will intervene in time and stop these dangerous projects," a
senior political source said in Jerusalem. [passage omitted]

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