A top Israeli general says Iran is capable of producing a nuclear bomb.
以色列一名高级军官说，伊朗有能力制造核弹。
Israel's military intelligence chief told the country's Cabinet that Iran has crossed the "technological threshold" of nuclear capability. Major-General Amos Yadlin said this does not mean that Iran actually has an atomic bomb, but that it has the expertise and materials needed to build one.
以色列军事情报机构负责人阿莫斯.亚德林少将对内阁官员说，伊朗在核能力领域已经跨越了“技术门槛”。他表示，这并不意味着伊朗实际拥有了一枚原子弹，而是掌握了制造原子弹的技术和材料。
So how long would it take Iran to acquire the bomb? Israeli analyst Barry Rubin says time is running out.
至于伊朗需要多少时间获得核弹，以色列分析人士巴里.鲁宾认为，时间不会很长。
"There is a big gap between material and bomb," said Barry Rubin. "But basically, people who are well-informed estimate that Iran will need between 15 months to over three years."
他说：“把材料变成炸弹，这中间有很大的距离。但是，基本上，知情者估计，伊朗大约需要15个月到3年多的时间。”
Rubin says that is a significant timetable considering there is a new administration in Washington, and in a few weeks, there is due to be a new government in Israel.
鲁宾指出，这个时间表很重要，因为华盛顿现在有一个新政府，几个星期之后，以色列也将出现一个新政府。
"We are entering a period in which we can assume that during the administration of this president of the United States and during the term of this prime minister of Israel, Iran will obtain nuclear weapons and those governments will have to make major decisions," he said.
鲁宾说：“我们正在进入这样一个时期，也就是，在现任美国总统的任期内，在以色列新总理的任期内，伊朗将获得核武器，美国和以色列的政府将不得不做出重大决定。”
Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. But Israel has grown increasingly alarmed about Iran's intentions since 2005, when the Iranian president threatened to wipe the Jewish state "off the map."
伊朗表示，自己的核计划是用于和平目的。但是自2005年伊朗总统威胁要把以色列这个犹太国家“从地图上抹掉”以来，以色列对伊朗的意图越来越警觉了。
The intelligence report has raised fresh speculation about whether Israel will launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. Nationalist leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is forming the next Israeli government, has warned that Israel will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and that there is a military option.
情报报告使人们再次担心以色列是否会对伊朗的核设施采取先发制人的打击。民族主义领袖内塔尼亚胡正在组建下一届以色列政府，他曾经警告说，以色列将不允许伊朗获得核武器，以色列在这方面拥有军事选择。 |