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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaking at the 90th anniversary of the New York Jewish Federation at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on Wednesday. (AP)
Last update - 00:00 26/04/2007
Olmert: Iran nuclear issue can be resolved without arms
By The Associated Press

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that he hopes the threat of the Iranian nuclear program can be resolved without military involvement.

Speaking in Jerusalem to Jewish activists from New York, he said the threat by Iran's president to destroy the State of Israel is not something that can be tolerated. Olmert praised U.S. President George W. Bush for his efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

"I'm hopeful that this effort can be successful without a military operation," he said.
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Meanwhile, senior Iranian and Western envoys scheduled a new round of talks in two weeks after speaking of progress in trying to break the deadlock over Tehran's refusal to meet UN Security Council demands that it freeze its uranium enrichment program.

EU senior foreign policy chief Javier Solana and senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani spoke after their second meeting of the day - unscheduled dinner talks that documented potential headway in the dispute even before the announcement of a new round in coming weeks.

"We will have some talks tomorrow and in two weeks," Larijani told reporters, at the end of Wednesday's two rounds of discussions, which ran close to six hours. He described the discussions as pleasant talks.

Solana spoke of a very constructive dinner, adding the talks will continue tomorrow and in the coming weeks.

Their comments added to expectations that they might be able to find enough common ground to restart negotiations that broke down over the enrichment issue in September.

Foreign government officials told The Associated Press ahead of their meetings that the six powers negotiating with Iran - Russia, the U.S., China, France, Britain and Germany - may be willing to allow Iran to keep some of its uranium enrichment program intact, instead of demanding it be completely dismantled.

Recognizing that Iran would never accept a complete freeze, the six powers were considering a new definition of enrichment that could allow Iran to keep some of its program without actually producing enriched uranium, one diplomat said on condition of anonymity.

U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack denied that the United States was considering any proposals that would allow the Iranians to retain any enrichment-related activities.

But another U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, suggested there potentially was more flexibility in Washington's position than previously.

"We purposely left open the possibility that direct talks could happen by being a little less committed to the requirements to have a meeting," the official said. He alluded to previous demands of an all-encompassing freeze on all enrichment-related activities.

Iran is running more than 1,300 centrifuge machines at its underground facility at Natanz. Its ultimate goal is to run 50,000 centrifuges a year, enough to churn out material for a network of nuclear power generators - or a full-scale nuclear weapons program.
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  1.   Iran issue can be resolved w/out military means but it won`t. 07:15  |  Chanan 26/04/07
  2.   YES, IT CAN BE RESOLVED 08:08  |  indrajaya 26/04/07
  3.   How about Israel`s nuclear issue 08:39  |  Petteri 26/04/07
  4.   OLMERT LOST EVERYTHING 08:52  |  STEVE 26/04/07
  5.   #1 Yes,Petteri 08:59  |  Hastaroth 26/04/07
  6.   # 5, HASTAROTH 09:24  |  indrajaya 26/04/07
  7.   #5 Israel has never threatened any? 09:44  |  Ben Sina 26/04/07
  8.   #6 Indrajaya 09:52  |  Hastaroth 26/04/07
  9.   Zionist Ppin Misters 09:53  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  10.   PETTERI.Almost the whole world is against Iranian nukes. 10:06  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  11.   The possibility of a US attack on Iran is ZERO 10:16  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  12.   Hastaroth repeats the old Zionist propaganda mantra # 5 10:24  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  13.   Petteri: the difference between Israel and Iran is 10:26  |  Alicia 26/04/07
  14.   ITS SIMPLE 10:28  |  alonitzafoni 26/04/07
  15.   # 10, PETRE MS 11:02  |  indrajaya 26/04/07
  16.   For Petteri 11:20  |  Niina 26/04/07
  17.   Alicia 11:28  |  Niina 26/04/07
  18.   #7 The Leb-war was against terrorists residing among civilians! 11:32  |  Alicia 26/04/07
  19.   #10 PETER SM makes an interesting comment 11:39  |  Johnboy 26/04/07
  20.   Clickfool 11:43  |  Niina 26/04/07
  21.   Click #11 - I disagree on Iran attack 11:46  |  spyguy 26/04/07
  22.   Clickfool #12 11:47  |  Star of David 26/04/07
  23.   Clickfool No. 12: Dumb and Dumber 12:03  |  Neil 26/04/07
  24.   #22 Star of David also Believes. 12:05  |  Johnboy 26/04/07
  25.   JOHNBOY misunderstands than proudly displays it. 12:12  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  26.   #21 I fear you might be right, spyguy 12:19  |  Johnboy 26/04/07
  27.   RAFSANJANI SAYS MUSLIMS SHOULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPON AGAINST ISRAEL. 12:33  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  28.   indrajaya"And almost the whole world doesn`t have-any diplomatic 12:43  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  29.   RAFSANJANI SAYS MUSLIMS SHOULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPON AGAINST ISRAEL 12:47  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  30.   Niina; a refreshing wind blowing from the northern latitudes! 12:51  |  Alicia 26/04/07
  31.   Johnboy #26 - You get it 12:56  |  spyguy 26/04/07
  32.   Alicia 13:03  |  Niina 26/04/07
  33.   to All 13:04  |  Mark 26/04/07
  34.   For Johnboy # 26 13:12  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  35.   the populist irani president 13:13  |  Orsi 26/04/07
  36.   CFOOL You sure Iran never threatened Israel with nukes? 13:24  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  37.   For Mark # 33 13:24  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  38.   We need to get rid of Olmert ASAP 13:35  |  Dror 26/04/07
  39.   Very interesting indeed 13:35  |  Niina 26/04/07
  40.   Fallacious argument 13:51  |  Brod 26/04/07
  41.   Brod 14:29  |  Niina 26/04/07
  42.   Resolved without arms 14:38  |  Mary 26/04/07
  43.   Time Waits for No Iran 14:54  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/04/07
  44.   # 28, PETER SM 15:12  |  indrajaya 26/04/07
  45.   To Ben Sina 15:20  |  Steven 26/04/07
  46.   FACE IT 15:48  |  M 26/04/07
  47.   Only military force can stop Mad Mullahs from going nuclear 15:56  |  Chaim 26/04/07
  48.   INRAJAYA.Appreciate that. 16:06  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  49.   FOOL Are you man enought to retract? 16:09  |  PETER SM 26/04/07
  50.   Mr. Olmert, may you do what is right 16:18  |  Jason 26/04/07
  51.   Nina #41 16:21  |  Brod 26/04/07
  52.   #51 16:29  |  Niina 26/04/07
  53.   What if it fails, just like trusting Arafat`s "peace" overtures? 16:35  |  Fortuna Benmayor 26/04/07
  54.   iran soon to have nukes...droppped on them 16:45  |  don 26/04/07
  55.   # 14 AlonitzafoniIt`s Zionist propaganda 16:52  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  56.   Iran never threatened Israel 16:55  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  57.   Stay out of it, Olmert 17:14  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  58.   One more thing Olmert, step down and let Bibi take over 17:29  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  59.   For Peter SM # 49 17:31  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  60.   A reasonable deal with Iran 17:38  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  61.   A major dissappointment 17:41  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/04/07
  62.   Fake Tosefta Alert #58 17:51  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  63.   Click 17:56  |  Neal 26/04/07
  64.   Alert of impostor Tosefta #62 18:07  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  65.   The whole problem is that what is resonable to me is not to Iran 18:15  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  66.   Fake Tosefta Alert #64, 65 18:32  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  67.   #16 Niina in Finland re petteri - Israel no threat? 18:38  |  dana 26/04/07
  68.   Tosefta and a dime a dozen 18:42  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/04/07
  69.   INDDRAJAYA 18:51  |  JOJO 26/04/07
  70.   Thank you for your support # 68, we need you on this forum 18:54  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  71.   niina #41 - The Russian angle 18:58  |  dana 26/04/07
  72.   IRAN/AI CONFLICT 19:04  |  JOJO 26/04/07
  73.   #70 No YOU are very Important for Israel 19:09  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/04/07
  74.   Impostor Tosefta #66, I have changed my mind and it is my right 19:09  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  75.   Cluck Fool 19:14  |  Star of David 26/04/07
  76.   Shiite Entity of Iran 19:21  |  17 26/04/07
  77.   The last guy in the pecking order gets the news 19:29  |  Mark Lincoln 26/04/07
  78.   DANA ; re Niina 19:29  |  Finn 26/04/07
  79.   #73 Your words speak for themselves, everybody read his post 19:34  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  80.   Or, perhaps not 19:34  |  Mark Lincoln 26/04/07
  81.   Dont listen iran 19:46  |  Al Tirawi 26/04/07
  82.   Fake Tosefta Alert #70, 74, 79 19:49  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  83.   #43 Time waits for Iran?? or Israel... 19:49  |  Iranian-American 26/04/07
  84.   Proposal to Fake Tosefta, aka Star of David 19:52  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  85.   Hi Mark Lincoln !!! 19:55  |  Iranian-American 26/04/07
  86.   A Finn #78 - Interesting information 19:58  |  dana 26/04/07
  87.   More on Proposal to Fake Tosefta, aka Star of David 19:59  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  88.   Tosefta #82 20:00  |  Star of David 26/04/07
  89.   Impostor Tosefta #82, is at it again trying to pull the wool over 20:01  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  90.   Tosefta 20:08  |  Star of David 26/04/07
  91.   #88 Star, do not agree to anything with Impostor Tosefta, 20:15  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  92.   Impostor Tosefta is Maureen Ann from Bathurst Australia 20:18  |  Tosefta 26/04/07
  93.   That`s IT!! I`m retiring! I`ve been FAKED! 20:23  |  Star of David 26/04/07
  94.   Fake Tosefta IS NOT Star of David 20:28  |  dana 26/04/07
  95.   #79 Who are you????? 20:34  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/04/07
  96.   Responses on this Talkback Site 20:39  |  Nate 26/04/07
  97.   Dana 20:54  |  Niina 26/04/07
  98.   Dana 21:06  |  Niina 26/04/07
  99.   For Neal # 63 21:09  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  100.   For Nate # 96 21:18  |  Clickfool 26/04/07
  101.   #86 DANA 21:33  |  Finn 26/04/07
  102.   #71 Dana 21:38  |  Niina 26/04/07
  103.   Iranian-American: Too Early in the Game 21:42  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/04/07
  104.   #96 Nate 21:43  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/04/07
  105.   DID OLMERT BY ANY CHANCE MISS IRANIAN PRESIDENTS PRESS CONFRENCE? 21:47  |  NICK 26/04/07
  106.   Failed States, Unfortunate Nations 22:00  |  PB 26/04/07
  107.   Niina #101 22:29  |  Star of David 26/04/07
  108.   Finn #99 - best one yet - hope niina reads it too 22:34  |  dana 26/04/07
  109.   #45 Steven - Go try to fool someone else. We know our weapons 00:23  |  Pablo B 27/04/07
  110.   @ 12 Clickfool if not singing his daily lullaby... 00:52  |  Karl 27/04/07
  111.   # 9 Clickfool on what Ahmadinejad said 01:05  |  Ed 27/04/07
  112.   @ 69 JOJO, the Islamistic throat slitters..... 01:18  |  Karl 27/04/07
  113.   The game, Ronnie #103 01:24  |  Iranian-American 27/04/07
  114.   CFOOL.Iran is run by Mullahs Rafshanjani a senior Mullah said #29 01:28  |  PETER SM 27/04/07
  115.   Tosefta Just One Point 01:32  |  Ronnie Wolman 27/04/07
  116.   Zionist Ppin Misters 01:33  |  Larry 27/04/07
  117.   Click the Fool 01:35  |  Larry 27/04/07
  118.   Clickfool, Sir, USS Cole was such a.... 01:45  |  Karl 27/04/07
  119.   #12.Clickfool.Was Ex.PM Mahatir of Malaysia right? 01:50  |  James Lee 27/04/07
  120.   Iranian so-called explicit nuclear threat against Israel 01:51  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  121.   On the Fake (Dana #94) 01:51  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  122.   Existential Threat should not be downplayed 01:54  |  ET 27/04/07
  123.   Tosefta (Genuine)Do not be worried about the FAKES. 02:00  |  Angelina 27/04/07
  124.   Tosefta- Re: Fake Tosefta 02:00  |  Dorothy 27/04/07
  125.   Tosefta- Re: Fake Tosefta-2 02:05  |  Dorothy 27/04/07
  126.   IRANIAN parliament is a sham.Rigged elections.Mullahs run Iran 02:14  |  PETER SM 27/04/07
  127.   PABLO B Why did the Lebs. bomb Haifa?Or northern Israel? 02:40  |  PETER SM 27/04/07
  128.   Where are all the posts? 04:03  |  Me 27/04/07
  129.   Iranian so-called explicit nuclear threat against Israel 04:10  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  130.   On the Fake (Dana #94) 04:11  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  131.   Tosefta Just One Point.Ronnie Wolman. 04:29  |  akiva P 27/04/07
  132.   I`m Growing More Pessimistic 04:34  |  Yosemite 27/04/07
  133.   the fake Brod 04:34  |  Brod 27/04/07
  134.   Olmert shrieks out "chicken"! 04:38  |  Hannah 27/04/07
  135.   false pretense 04:39  |  gerardo perez 27/04/07
  136.   Dana 05:14  |  Niina 27/04/07
  137.   Dana 05:23  |  Niina 27/04/07
  138.   To the fakes 05:37  |  Niina 27/04/07
  139.   #126 How are the elections "rigged" PETER SM? 05:43  |  Johnboy 27/04/07
  140.   Only egomanic fools care if their name is used by faker 06:11  |  Voice of Reason 27/04/07
  141.   Dorothy 06:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/04/07
  142.   Tosefta #121, 130 - On fakes and pretenders 06:21  |  dana 27/04/07
  143.   #127 PETER SM asks why Hezbo bombed Haifa 06:42  |  Johnboy 27/04/07
  144.   #92Tosefta. I am prepared to take a liar... 07:05  |  Maureen Ann 27/04/07
  145.   star of david #107 07:38  |  Niina 27/04/07
  146.   Believing Jihadis on root causes by dumb and biased people 08:04  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  147.   127 peter sm - I`m not defending Hezb. I`m defending civilians 08:08  |  Pablo B 27/04/07
  148.   This Is Going To Be The Stupidest World War Ever! 08:38  |  Yosemite 27/04/07
  149.   For Larry # 117 09:13  |  Clickfool 27/04/07
  150.   For Tosefta # 129 09:18  |  Clickfool 27/04/07
  151.   #125 Dotty Dorothy on Fake "SUBSTANCE" 09:57  |  Ari ben Yisrael 27/04/07
  152.   #137 fake Tosefta 10:06  |  Maureen-Ann 27/04/07
  153.   Tosefta #121, 130 - On fakes and pretenders - 2nd TRY 14:14  |  dana 27/04/07
  154.   Ari Ben Israel #141 - just noticed the reference 14:17  |  dana 27/04/07
  155.   Thanks (Dorothy, Angelina) 14:48  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  156.   On the Fake (Maureen-Ann #142) 15:10  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  157.   #142 Exposed: Maureen Ann from Bathurst Au is Impostor Tosefta! 16:42  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  158.   Thanks (Dorothy, Angelina) 17:38  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  159.   Names (Ronnie Wolman #115) 17:39  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  160.   Cures (Dana #143) 17:40  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  161.   Dorothy and Angelina my Thanks were meant with a dose of irony 17:55  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  162.   Impostor Tosefta is proud of #73, how low can you go? 18:05  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  163.   Alert: Impostor Tosefta aka Maureen-Ann is changing pseudonyms 18:13  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  164.   Impostor Tosefta aka Maureen-Ann debating with yourself is 18:23  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  165.   Impostor Tosefta aka Maureen-Ann complains for being exposed 18:35  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  166.   Fake Tosefta Alert #151, 152, 153 18:36  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  167.   Cures, II (Dana #143) 18:37  |  Tosefta 27/04/07
  168.   WHILE ALL EYES ARE ON IRAN, an ISRAELI major general 20:05  |  sara 27/04/07
  169.   ISRAEL would like to attack IRAN,but it won`t happen 20:12  |  lakshmi 27/04/07
  170.   Niina #136 - you are asserting nonsense - 3rd TRY 20:33  |  dana 27/04/07
  171.   Tosefta #160, 167 - cure alls, rehabs and fakes 04:26  |  dana 28/04/07
  172.   #25 So, PETER SM does not address the point 07:34  |  Johnboy 28/04/07
  173.   Victory at last, Impostor Tosefta aka Maureen-Ann and Dana quit 12:00  |  Tosefta 28/04/07
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