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’Nuke security for Israel more urgent’

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This is the eighth of a series of interviews with ambassadors from countries participating in the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on March 26 and 27. — ED.

By Philip Iglauer

Israel said Wednesday that “the uprising in Syria” and nuclear ambitions in Iran make preventing nuclear materials from getting into the hands of terrorist groups more urgent than ever before, just weeks ahead of an international nuclear security summit here.

Israel’s top diplomat in Korea said the violence and political instability gripping Syria make the risk of a terrorist group obtaining nuclear materials in the Middle East greater than ever.