Israel defending itself for 60 years: Clinton

"United States believes that whatever difference one might have with the situation in the Middle-East, Israel has been defending itself for 60 years and has made numerous overtures to bring about a peaceful resolution of the situation. It has thus far been unsuccessful in doing so", Clinton said here during an interaction.

"We continue to try and press for resolution, particularly on Palestinian issues which US also cares deeply about", she said when asked why the US has not taken action against Israel when it was in violation of 35 UN resolutions and has not signed the NPT.

Clinton smilingly said "well, I don't think we have been able to convince Delhi to sign the NPT as well".

Stating that proliferation of nuclear weapons was one of the the biggest problems facing the world, she said "it is not one country that we worry about, we worry about nuclear weapons proliferating in other countries.

"A nuclear arms race that would be very damaging, even though we look at this as primarily, as nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists groups."

Speaking about Iran, she said "We believe that at this moment in time the principal threat is a nuclear armed Iran because Iran is a state sponsor of terror".

"There has been a recent incident in India with Iran supported state-terrorism. They work through proxy through Hezbollah," she claimed. MORE