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Israeli intel ex-chief: Netanyahu’s policy on Iran misleading, messianic

Published time: April 29, 2012 18:06
Edited time: April 29, 2012 23:56
Yuval Diskin (Reuters / Nir Elias)

Top Israeli government ministers are misleading the public about the consequences of preemptive military action against Iran, former Israeli security chief Yuval Diskin has warned.

­Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were among those caught in a shower of criticism from Diskin during a public meeting on Friday.

“They tell the public that if Israel acts, Iran won't have a nuclear bomb,” he explained. “This is misleading. Actually, many experts say that an Israeli attack would accelerate the Iranian nuclear race."

And besides criticism based on his military background, Diskin expressed some personal disagreement with the leadership’s policies.

“I don't have faith in the current leadership of Israel to lead us to an event of this magnitude, of war with Iran,” Diskin explained. “I do not believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on Messianic feelings.”

Israeli officials unleashed a wave of criticism at Diskin following his speech. Both the prime and defense ministers’ offices called Diskin’s remarks “irresponsible” and “based on personal frustration.” Barak’s office even said that such statements are “damaging the tradition of generations of Shin Bet leaders.” And Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman suggested that Diskin should have resigned before the end of his term if he had so mistrusted the prime minister and defense minister.

Diskin headed Shin Bet, the internal security apparatus in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, until last year.

Israel's current military chief has also expressed disagreements with the government's approach. Last week, in sharp contrast to the increasingly aggressive rhetoric of Benjamin Netanyahu, Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said that international pressure on Iran “in the form of diplomatic and economic sanctions” is the key to solving the issue. Gantz said that Iranian leadership is “rational” enough to decide against going the “extra mile” to build nuclear weapon.

The Israeli Defense Minister, however, adheres to a totally different opinion. Last Thursday, Barak said that Iran is not “rational in the Western sense of the word,” and thus is highly unlikely to halt its nuclear program in response to sanctions. Barak maintains that all diplomatic efforts to reach a compromise with Iran are just a waste of “precious time.”

Meanwhile Netanyahu, during his speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day, reiterated that a nuclear Iran would pose an existential threat to the State of Israel. And those who do not like confronting such “uncomfortable truths,” the prime minister added, "have learned nothing from the Holocaust."

"The Iranian regime is openly calling for our destruction, and working frantically for the development of nuclear weapons as a means to that end," Netanyahu said.

Despite ongoing talks over Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli officials have repeatedly indicated their readiness to solve Iran’s nuclear issue once and for all by striking the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites. The strong rhetoric from Israel even suggests that the country is capable of, and will carry out, such a strike without US support.

Iran maintains that its nuclear ambitions are solely civilian, and international experts agree that the Islamic Republic is not close to acquiring atomic weapons capabilities.

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Nost Suspension 26.04.2013 01:44

Praise God For Israel. They are getting close to seeing their Messiah "Jesus" as their Lord" They will suffer until they do, However they are STILL Gods chosen people. None the less they are STILL BLIND. Iran Wants them gone Just like SATAN wants them Gone. I support Israel in that they are Gods Glory in that they will be Strong and Survive

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A.Smith 01.05.2012 04:38

daneke wrote in #1
Israel misleading the public? The only way to tell if a Zionist is lying is if his lips move.
I couldn't have said it any better nor more accurately depicted the utterly evil corrupt Apartheid Israel in a clearer spotlight.
Now however the favorite routine and rather continous 'chestnuts' spewed by the rabid Likud and echoed by Netanyahu and AIPAC (Holocaust, Wiping Apartheid Israel off the Map) is simply not getting a rise nor resulting in massive donations to the Arabic, Persian Genocide funds which normally flowed into the hands of the Jewish Mafia Don's in Apartheid Israel like the nile river when it floods.
The Satanically Evil Zionists leading Apartheid Israel knew damn full well their skyrocketing war mongering would raise Middle East tensions and hence the price of Oil exports. In fact those same filthy depraved MoneyChangers had 10's of Millions invested in the commodity's market literally betting the cost of Oil would skyrocket. And OF COURSE it did, Netanyahu saw to that and crushed Obama's weak US economic recover as well as Millions of Americans with one foot in bankruptcy and close to losing their homes and jobs teetering on the brink due to ever higher fuel prices.
So what happened? Obama told the Luciferian Evil Netanyahu to knock off the rabid saber rattling to let Oil prices go down and stablise once again even thou the Apartheid Israeli directed Oil sanctions on Iran insures the American people as well as the Europe and UK citizens will all pay more for fuel costs. All thanks to the depravity of the Israeli Government's Officials.
When YOU see the cost of fuel at 4/Gallon or more, thank non other than the satanically evil Apartheid Israel for doing that to YOU and your family. They are the ones directly to blame, curse and shout down, no one else for the endless wars, Middle East crisis's one after another and the ongoing Oil export problems and price hikes.

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sam's 30.04.2012 11:35

Ancient Briton wrote in #2
Well said Mr Diskin...and very brave too....you may have saved the lives of billions of people ...including many millions of ordinary decent Jewish people whose ancestors have suffered dreadful persecution because of the Jewish elite`s money lending and Zionism.
And it`s time a lot more other Jewish people actively SUPPORTED you rather than feeding the suspicion that Jews are globalists liberals socialists and multiculturalists in western countries...... but hypocritically nationalist and fascist  and racial supremacist in their homeland Israel. It is obviously clear that you can not fool intelligent people for ever,soon or late your dirty mentalities would be exposed and everybody be aware of it . Present regime's aim fabricating lies and stories of untrue nature for sake of keeping own position and be re-elected ,milking red-neck American politicians, use them as they are using you to dominate Middle-East .example previous President of Israel was smeared and sexual stories made up for him,Why ,because he was Persian Boen Jewish , finally honest and decent Israeli's are waking up and they know consequence of war whether you are in possession of Nuclare bumb, or any other fascilitis, Innocent Human loss will be tremendous if war happend .and will Nethan and Gangs go to war zone front, I doubt it, first available flights run away to Zionist gang land.

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