Netanyahu: Stop 'Blabbing' About Iran
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly told his top security officials and commanders to stop talking about a potential strike on Iran
By Gavriel Queenann
First Publish: 2/7/2012, 10:11 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his top officials to stop "blabbing" about a potential military strike targeting Iran's nuclear program. According to the Hebrew-language Maariv, Netanyahu earlier this week took a number of military officials and government ministers to task for speaking too freely about Israel's military plans. "Stop blabbing, already," he reportedly told the officials. "This chit-chat causes huge damage, puts Israel on the front line, and undermines sanctions" imposed by the United States and Europe.
Maariv's cited unnamed senior sources who said Netanyahu was concerned Israel "might be perceived as dragging the US into a war with Iran against its will and endangering the US' national interests". The warning came after several statements by senior Israeli military and political officials at last week's Herzliya conference that seemed to indicate Israel was leaning towards a strike. Those statements led to rampant speculation in the media and resulted in US Secretary of Defense saying he believed Israel would strike Iran by June 2012.
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