Israeli President: Stop war rhetoric against Iran - Posted by EU Times on Feb 23rd, 2012 0 Listen to this article. Powered by Odiogo.com
Israeli President Shimon Peres
Israeli President Shimon Peres has reportedly called on Israeli officials to halt their recently intensified war rhetoric against Iran, describing such anti-Iran remarks as unnecessary warmongering.
Peres told the Israeli officials that there is no point in the “unceasing self-intimidation,” and that Israel should leave “the Iran issue to the superpowers, first and foremost the United States,” the Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Thursday.
The report also said that Peres is expected to tell
US President Barack Obama in an upcoming meeting that he
(Peres) does not believe Israel should attack Iran
in the near future.
On February 5, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu similarly warned ministers from his center-right Likud political party to avoid making statements on a possible military attack against Iran, saying such remarks could be damaging to Israel.
The IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear
facilities but has never found any evidence indicating that
Tehran’s civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear
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