Israel condemns minister's Iran threat
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08-Jun-2008 (3 comments)

ISRAELI officials have slammed a senior minister's threat last week to strike Iran if it does not halt its nuclear drive, accusing him of using the issue for domestic political ends.

Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai criticised what he called Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz's "cynical use of central strategic issues for internal political reasons" in an interview with public radio.

Mr Mofaz, the infrastructure minister and a senior member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima party, said in a newspaper interview that "if Iran continues its nuclear weapons program, we will attack it."

"Other options are disappearing. The sanctions are not effective. There will be no alternative but to attack Iran in order to stop the Iranian nuclear program," Mr Mofaz told Friday's edition of the top-selling Yediot Aharonot.

He stressed such an operation could only be conducted with US support.

A former defence minister and army chief, Mr Mofaz hopes to replace embattled Ehud Olmert as prime minister and at the helm of the Kadima party.

"These declarations are irresponsible and do not represent the position of our government," said a senior defence official quoted by public radio on Sunday.

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I agree with fed up with zirak.

by zareen (not verified) on Sun Jun 08, 2008 08:41 PM PDT

zirak is not that zirak, because i have been reading his or her comments ,and zirak portrays a dark picture of us Muslims. I read most articles but never leave comments, but i am tired of ziraks propaganda. lets show our loving side as Muslims. he is a bad examlpe.


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We do not have to be so extreme to fight Israel!

by Fed up with Zirak (not verified) on Sun Jun 08, 2008 08:23 PM PDT

I Love Palestinians but you zirak are getting too extreme ,and your unjustified attacks on every group makes us Palestinian supporters look bad. You have to stop this at once!


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is extreme rhetoric good?

by Anonym7 (not verified) on Sun Jun 08, 2008 05:32 PM PDT

Zirak, I am against a lot of things Israelis and AIPAC do (see my posts in debates with pro Israeli guys), however I don't think extreme rhetorics such as yours are either true or beneficial to Iran (or IRI). Israeli extremists are serious enemy of our country (and theirs) but we don't have to portray them worse than they are!


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