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Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘ready’ to order strike on Iran
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he is ready to order a strike on Iran if international sanctions do not stop its nuclear programme.
“I am, of course, ready to press the button if necessary,” he said.
Speaking on Israeli television, Mr Netanyahu also indicated Israel was prepared to act unilaterally.
His government has failed to get the US to set a clear “red line” for military action against Iran.
This has put a strain on relations with the administration of President Barack Obama.
Channel Two interviewed the prime minister as part of an investigative report detailing Israel’s efforts to stop Iran from what it says is a drive to develop a nuclear weapon.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful purposes.
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As long as I am prime minister, Iran will not have the atomic bomb”
Benjamin Netanyahu
The Channel Two report said that in 2010, Mr Netanyahu and his defence minister, Ehud Barak, had given orders for the military to get ready to attack Iran within hours if required.
The programme described this as “the closest Israel has come to attacking Iran”.
The orders were later withdrawn in the face of opposition from two top security officials at the time – chief-of-staff Lt Gen Gabi Ashkenazi and the head of the intelligence service, Mossad, Meir Dagan.
According to the programme Gen Ashkenazi considered such a
2 Comments on "Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘ready’ to order strike on Iran"
dissident on Tue, 6th Nov 2012 2:35 pm
But neither the US nor Israel are prepared to invade Iran. So this is just trash talk. It will not be so easy to bomb Iran, unlike Iraq it does have half-decent SAM systems.
Rick on Wed, 7th Nov 2012 12:14 am
I say this is BS! But no matter who wins tonight, Mitt the twit or O, the sell out, will be bombing Iran next year. Look for things to go downhill, after the elections no matter who wins.