Dore Gold: The Rise of Nuclear Iran

Several days ago, I was invited by One Jerusalem, to attend a private briefing by Dore Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.N., whose important new book, The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West, has just been published.

There were about fifteen of us—bloggers mostly, including my good friend, the brilliant blogger, Omri Ceren of Mere Rhetoric—gathered in the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Ambassador Dore Gold

Ambassador Gold, looking like a sleepy walrus, spoke in measured, diplomatic tones. But he was fiercely passionate and profoundly knowledgeable about Iranian history, culture, and diplomacy, past and present.

Point by point, Gold emphasized his main thesis: (more…)

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Posted Sep 17th 2009 at 6:41 am in Politics | 22550639 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ravrech/2009/09/17/dore-gold-the-rise-of-nuclear-iran/Dore+Gold%3A+The+Rise+of+Nuclear+Iran2009-09-17+13%3A41%3A36Robert+J.+Avrech