{"id":6677,"date":"2013-04-22T02:45:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=6677"},"modified":"2013-04-22T02:45:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:45:25","slug":"hagel-arrives-in-israel-to-discuss-arms-deal-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/hagel-arrives-in-israel-to-discuss-arms-deal-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Hagel arrives in Israel to discuss arms deal, Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM (JTA) &#8212; U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Israel, where he is scheduled to discuss a major arms deal and the Iran situation with Israeli leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Hagel following his arrival late Sunday morning visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Hagel is scheduled to meet with Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz.<\/p>\n<p>Hagel and Yaalon reportedly will discuss a sale from the U.S to Israel of Bell Boeing V-22 transport helicopters and Boeing KC-135 inflight refueling planes, in addition to advanced radar systems for fighter planes and anti-radiation missiles.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. defense chief will leave Israel late Monday and continue on to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Hagel told reporters Sunday on the flight to Israel that the arms deal, as well as deals to be discussed with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, should send a message to Iran that the military option remains on the table.<\/p>\n<p>He also said regarding Israel and the threat of an Iranian attack that \u201cevery sovereign nation has the right to defend itself and protect itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran presents a threat in its nuclear program,&#8221; Hagel said, &#8220;and Israel will make the decisions that Israel must make to protect itself and defend itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Hagel%20arrives%20in%20Israel%20to%20discuss%20arms%20deal%2C%20Iran\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2581,1692,2580,184,8781,8790,8795,8788,518],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6679,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6677\/revisions\/6679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}