Shabtai Shavit, an influential adviser to the Israeli parliament's defence
and foreign affairs committee, told The Sunday Telegraph that time was
running out to prevent Iran's leaders getting the bomb.
Mr Shavit, who retired from the Israeli intelligence agency in 1996, warned
that he had no doubt Iran intended to use a nuclear weapon once it had the
capability, and that Israel must conduct itself accordingly.
"The time that is left to be ready is getting shorter all the time," he said
in an interview.