At an IAEA meeting in Vienna on Saturday, Israel said North Korea is supplying several countries with nuclear technology. "The Middle East remains on the receiving end of the DPRK's reckless activities," Israeli delegate David Danieli was quoted as saying. "At least half a dozen countries in the region . . . have become eager recipients...through black market and covert network channels." Though he didn't name names, he was likely referring to Iran, Syria, and Libya but may also be including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

A journalist with strong Hezbollah connections wrote that Israel was facing a "big surprise" if it provoked the terrorist group. In the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, Ibrahim al-Amin, published the comments in a piece under the headline of "Israel is threatening to destroy Lebanon. What will happen to it during wartime?" He wrote, "What do they imagine Hezbollah's reaction will be? They actually say it has 40,000 missiles... Are they preparing for things that they have not considered and that others have not considered? ...Who said that Hezbollah does not think about all of the options which the enemy will use, including those which have been mentioned recently?"

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, secretary-general of NATO, told a World Policy Conference in France that he does not think the world can stop Iran's nuclear bomb ambitions and that Israel should stop trying. "As we all know, Israel never admits to what it has, but I do not see very many arguments for the Jewish state to abandon its potential," Reuters quoted him as saying.

Finally, in an interview with Newsweek's Lally Weymouth last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said there was "no distinction between the U.S. and Israel," reiterated his support for Russia in the conflict with Georgia, and said that his country's nuclear activities are completely "legal".