Israel considers crisis with Iraq unfinished

Israel believes the Iraqi crisis has not yet finished in spite of Baghdad's agreement to allow the resumption of work by UNSCOM inspectors authorized to disarm Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. David Bar Ilan, the spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that from the Israeli point of view the crisis has not yet ended.

Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon said, "We are not a part of the crisis, and the Middle East countries know how strong we are."