FM: World must tackle Iranian nuclear issue first

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday that Iran's nuclear program must be addressed before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking before the UN General Assembly Lieberman said: "Iran can exist without Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah, but the terrorist organizations cannot exist without Iran."

Lieberman also addressed peace talks and said that a long-term interim agreement should be signed as a durable agreement cannot be achuieved in the coming years. (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington)