Saudi Arabia plans to obtain nuclear weapons, but its nuclear power will be only for "peaceful use," a former intelligence official told a security conference.

"Our efforts and those of the world have failed to convince Israel to abandon its weapons of mass destruction, as well as Iran... therefore it is our duty towards our nation and people to consider all possible options, including the possession of these weapons,"said Prince Turki al-Faisal, quoted by AFP.

An Arab organization opposed to the Jewish presence in Jerusalem proclaimed that Israel's plans to expand the prayer area for women at the Kotel was "very dangerous."

The Islamic-Christian Council for Support of Al-Quds and the Holy Places, as the organization is known, said that Jews did not have a right to expand the prayer area at the Kotel, or even to pray there at all, because the Kotel is a part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount.