TEL AVIV - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Friday he believed Iran could be within two years of developing a nuclear bomb. "It's possible that it may take another two years, maybe four ... it's all the same if international pressure and other possibilities don't stop the process," Barak was quoted as saying in Friday's online edition of the Israeli newspaper the Jediot Achronot.When asked whether Israel "was prepared to be alone with the problem," Barak said, "The State of Israel is the strongest country in the entire region, even at a range of 1,500 kilometres."
He stressed that as Israeli defence minister, he did not have the privilege of providing a more detailed answer, but reiterated that there was "no power today that could cause the destruction of the State of Israel."