October 25, 2007 - 11:00pm
By Willimina Bromer
Arnon Perlman, chief spokesman and senior advisor to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, addressed the conflicts facing the Middle East at an event sponsored by the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee yesterday. Specifically, Perlman discussed the pressing threats in the region, the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and what is needed to bring stability.
“We live in a rough neighborhood, and people around us want our destruction,” he said. “We have to be stronger than all our enemies put together.”
He identified four “real” threats to Israel — Syria, Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.
According to Perlman, Iran poses the greatest threat.
He accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of attempting to secure nuclear weapons.
