Barak Says Israel Decision on Iran Attack 'Far Away'
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربيةAny decision by Israel on whether to attack Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear program remains "very far away," Defense Minister Ehud Barak told army radio on Wednesday.
"We don't have a decision to go forward with these things. We don't have a decision or a date for taking such a decision. This whole thing is very far away," he said.
Asked to explain what he meant by "far away," Barak said he did not want to make "forecasts."
Barak's comments came as tensions rise over Iran's nuclear program, which Israel and Western governments suspect masks a drive for a weapons capability.
Iran denies any such ambition, saying the program is for peaceful power generation and medical purposes only, and has refused repeated U.N. Security Council ultimatums to suspend uranium enrichment.
Israel, which has the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear arsenal, has said an Iranian nuclear weapons capability would pose an existential threat to the Jewish state.
It has not ruled out resorting to military action to prevent any possibility of the Islamic republic developing one.
The United States, which has expressed serious concern over Iran's nuclear program, has pushed for much tougher sanctions, targeting its oil exports and financial institutions.
But Israeli officials have accused Washington of dragging its feet, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the sanctions currently in force do not go far enough.
Translations, we are going to attack soon, but don't want them to be very prepared for us
since the iran/irak war collaboration between the mollah and israel is going on..they imported israeli weapons during the war with irak (contra).. they managed with the israelis and the americans to destroy irak and now they are doing the same with syria...CORRUPTED GULF BEDOINS
why attack iran when it's about to fall from the inside?
even the basij are divided between loyal to ahmadi and loyal to khamenei
they will nuke each other before thinking of nuking israel
AJ, how soon do you think? Will you check with Dr. Samir Moukhashkhash? He knows best. 3an jad, m3alla2in bi 7ibal al hawa. 7amir wa medde3yin.
Translation: we will keep BS-ing about attacking Iran for a long time since we cannot realy do it alone and the USA is not up for it. Besides who are we really kidding? We could not even handle Hizballah.