Tamir Pardo (L), head of Israel spy agency, Mossad, sits next to Yoram Cohen, chief of Israels Shin Bet internal security service. (File photo)[/caption]Irans nuclear activities do not pose an existential threat to Tel Aviv, says head of Israeli spy agency, Mossad.
Tamir Pardo said in an address to a private meeting with a group of business people that the biggest threat to Israels security is its conflict with Palestinians and not the Iranian nuclear activities.
Yes, the biggest threat is the Palestinian issue, he told participants when asked to assess the greatest threats facing the Israeli regime.
He also claimed that other threats facing Israel include the takeover of parts of Iraq by Takfiri militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the threat they pose to neighboring Jordan.
In December 2011, Pardo had once again told a gathering of 100 Israeli ambassadors that he did not believe Irans nuclear program was an existential threat to Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly referred to Irans nuclear energy program as a significant threat, accusing Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran has repeatedly emphasized that its nuclear energy program is geared to civilian purposes only.
The Israeli allegations against Iran come as the Tel Aviv regime reportedly maintains between 200 and 400 atomic warheads.
By Press TV
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