A view of the nuclear enrichment plant of Natanz in central IranUS president told Israeli prime minister he would not back attack on Iran, senior European diplomatic sources tell Guardian
by Jonathan Steele
Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.
The then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, used the occasion of Bush's trip to Israel for the 60th anniversary of the state's founding to raise the issue in a one-on-one meeting on May 14, the sources said. "He took it [the refusal of a US green light] as where they were at the moment, and that the US position was unlikely to change as long as Bush was in office", they added.
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Source: The Guardian Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran
