AFP
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Israel on Sunday said it was mulling filing charges of inciting
genocide at the International Court of Justice in The Hague against
the president of arch-foe Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"The director general of the foreign ministry, Aharon Abramovich,
and his deputy, Eitan Bentsur, consulted on this matter last week,"
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tali Samesh told AFP.
The Jewish state considers the Islamic republic its enemy number
one following Ahmadinejad's repeated calls for Israel to be wiped
off the map.
According to a report in the Maariv daily, Israel is examining
whether other countries, like main ally the United States and
Great Britain, could eventually join in the suit.
Israel, widely considered the Middle East's sole if undeclared
nuclear power, fears that Tehran is trying to develop atomic weapons
under the cover of its nuclear power program.
The Islamic republic denies the charge, saying the program is
for peaceful purposes.
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