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Israeli Military Chief: Iran Won’t Develop Nuclear Weapons
Warns Against 'Hysteria' as Netanyahu Threatens Attack Again
by Jason Ditz at antiwar.com
Adding to the hope that the constant threats of war are empty ones,
Israeli military chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz today expressed confidence
of a diplomatic solution with Iran, adding that he didn’t think Iran
would attempt to develop nuclear weapons.
The comments, made in a high
profile interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz on the occasion of
Israeli Independence Day, also include an admonishment to avoid
“hysteria” about Iran’s program. This probably won’t sit well with the
nation’s civilian leadership, which is constantly claiming Iran is
“close” to nuclear weapons capability.
The interview in the Israeli press was in stark contrast to Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s interview with US media outlet CNN, in
which he insisted that there were no
questions about Iran’s nuclear weapons program and that the
international sanctions had “better work soon.”
Netanyahu and other Israeli officials have
been expressing anger at the ongoing diplomatic negotiations with
Iran, insisting that they have no hope of working.
Defense Minister Ehud
Barak even claimed last week that Israel might launch an attack while
the negotiations were ongoing, saying that talking to the P5+1 didn’t
“exempt” Iran from attack.
