Israel

In late February, a delegation of senior Israeli officials met with Chinese officials in Beijing in an attempt to persuade China to take a tougher stance on Iran. Against the backdrop of Western nations becoming increasing suspicious of Iran's nuclear programme - which Tehran claims is peaceful - China is seen as being the most reluctant of the veto-wielding UN Security Council members to back harsher economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. As long as the UN fails to agree on tougher measures and Iran continues to enrich uranium, the chances of an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic's

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