A senior Israeli lawmaker said achieving peace with the Palestinians is key to dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat. Ami Ayalon, a retired Shin Bet security chief turned Labor Party lawmaker, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s appointment of right-wing politician Avigdor Lieberman as Israel’s new minister for strategic threats suggested the government has its priorities wrong.
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