World News and Trends: Israel to nuke Iran?
The Sunday Times occasionally publishes material that few other newspapers dare to print.
The Sunday Times occasionally publishes material that few other newspapers dare to print. Its latest controversial article is headlined, "Revealed: Israel Plans Nuclear Strike on Iran" (Jan. 7, 2007). The first paragraph reads: "Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran 's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons."
Such an attack, if it happens, does have historical precedent. In 1981 Israel destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor.
However, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev formally denied the Sunday Times report (The Jewish Chronicle, Jan. 12, 2007). Yet the same article quoted Professor Uzi Arad, founding director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, as saying that Iranian nuclear ambitions were "the single most vital item on Israel 's agenda." He further stated that Israel had to "think the unthinkable and take all the necessary measures so that if Iran did have nuclear weapons, it would not think
of using them."
The Spectator weekly magazine actually preceded The Sunday Times with a cover article titled "The Nuclear Option: Israel Can Stop Iran" (Jan. 6, 2007). It predicted a probable nuclear attack, possibly fairly early this year.
The author, Douglas Davis, stated that he received information from a senior Israeli source who said: "We are the product of the Holocaust in Europe and we will do everything—and I mean everything—to prevent another holocaust recurring in Israel . If the Americans do not act, then we will act. And that moment might be closer than people dare to imagine." (Sources: The Sunday Times, The Jewish Chronicle, The Spectator [all London].)
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Good News Magazine: March - April 2007
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Jerold Aust
Jerold Aust has served in the ministry for 52 years, as a public speaker for 58 years, a published writer for 38 years, and is employed by UCG’s Media and Communications Services. He is a Senior Writer, interviewer, and editor for Beyond Today Magazine and has taught Speech Communication for UCG’s ministerial online program and the Book of Revelation for ABC.
Jerold holds a BA in theology from Ambassador College, Pasadena (1968), an MA in Communication from California State University, Fullerton (1995), a distance-learning Ph.D (2006), and a Famous Writers School diploma in non-fiction writing (1973). Additionally, he studied post-grad communication at University of Southern California (1995), radio, TV, voice-overs, and Public Relations at Fullerton College (1995-1996), and graduate communication at Wichita State University (1978). Jerold has taught communication at the University of South Alabama (7 years) and ABC (17 years). His published works include, Ronald Reagan’s Rhetoric: Metaphor as Persuasion and EZSpeakers: Public Speaking Made Easy in 7 Steps. Jerold's overarching goal is to share with humankind its incredible destiny!
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John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
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John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
