Netanyahu Deputy Breaks With Prime Minister’s ‘Red-Line’ Views on Iran
Netanyahu is increasingly isolated in his pro-war views, even in his own cabinet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deputy for intelligence and atomic affairs on Thursday broke with the Netanyahu’s call for Iran to be confronted with a “red line” which would prompt a military attack.
In an interview, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor appeared to side with the United States in rejecting at Netanyahu’s repeated for threatening Iran with an ultimatum about halting enrichment or facing war.
“I don’t want to set red lines or deadlines for myself,” he said before voicing support for the Obama administration’s posture of harsh economic sanctions coupled with negotiations.
“You always consider other options, for when everything else is exhausted. And I think that, for now, we have to continue with the pressure.”
Netanyahu’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, has also appeared to side with the American posture in recent days, praising aggressive US military build-ups around Iran as well as the sanctions as measure that could do away with the need for military action now.
Netanyahu is increasingly isolated in his pro-war views, both with his US allies and in his own cabinet. He has acknowledged that the US won’t back a strike now, but still has pushed forward his in argument for war.
Last 5 posts by John Glaser
- Report: US Strike on Iran Would Spark Region-Wide War, Push Iran Toward Nukes - September 13th, 2012
- Al-Qaeda and Possibly Infiltrators in Libyan Forces at Center of US Consulate Attack - September 13th, 2012
- Obama Sends More Drones, Marines to Libya, But Did They Ever Leave? - September 13th, 2012
- Federal Judge Blocks NDAA Law on Indefinite Detention - September 13th, 2012
- IAEA Board Approves Resolution Admonishing Iran - September 13th, 2012
sherban
September 14th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Why Iranians are not asked when US will announces a red line for Israel nuclear weapon,why Iranians have to live threaten by an irrational man geared with all criminal weapons.Why "free world"doesn't demand change regime in Israel if Merkel,Sarkozy,Obama and for sure others already expressed how dangerous he is and unreliable?Why are not cut the resources of this man,the rich extremist,AIPAC,?In fact Bibi camp in Israel was defected by much more personalities than Bashir Assad.Bibi thinks that he is the sherif of the world.He was filmed when cowardly,believing that the tapes are cut said:"America is a thing which we can move in the right direction".This is the great friend of America whom The House jump 29 times in ovation listening his aberrations.
persnipoles
September 14th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Bad Cop contained. Now Good Cops can starve and encircle Persians –or at least they look pretty good next to the lead-man. Any 'dual-use' food & medicine this time? And when are the crippling sanctions on Israel coming for their weapons programs?