Ehud Olmert* |
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Haaretz
In interview with CNN, former PM says military option should be the last resort, one supported by the Washington and the international community...
Israel could take part in a possible military strike on
Iran, but should not lead it, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CNN
on Monday, saying that military action should take place only as if all
other efforts fail.
Olmert's remarks on Iran join a
recent and heated Israeli debate on the issue, as current and past
officials publicly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stance
on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
Most recently, former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said
he has "no faith" in Netanyahu's and Defense Minister Ehud Barak's
ability to lead Israel to war with Iran, portraying them as "messianic."
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan backed
its counterpart on Sunday, saying Diskin spoke "his own truth."
Dagan is known as an opposition to Netanyahu's and Barak's militant
stand, saying there is still time left to pressure Iran diplomatically
to withdraw its nuclear intentions.
In a recent interview for
Israel's Independence Day, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff contradicted
Netanyahu and Barak when he said the international sanctions are
working, adding that he sees the Iranian regime as "very rational". Days
later Barak
was quoted saying Iranian regime is rational, "but not in the
western sense of the word."
Speaking to CNN's Christiane
Amanpour on Monday, Olmert was asked about this "war within Israel" on
how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, with the former PM saying: "I
don't think there is a war, there is a serious and genuine dispute."
"The last resort is a military
action, and I prefer it to be an American action, supported by the
international community, if all the other efforts will fail," Olmert
answered, saying Israel should only have a secondary role in such a
scenario.
"The United States should be the
one that decides on it, on the scope of it, on the extent of it, its
cooperation," said Olmert. "Israel certainly could be a part of the
effort, but Israel should not lead it."
*Ehud Olmert speaking at a
conference in New York, April 29, 2012.
Photo by: Mark Israel Salem
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