Netanyahu Denies Using Iran to Meddle in US Election
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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied accusations he is interfering in the US presidential vote by pushing President Barack Obama to take a tougher stand against Iran.
In newspaper interviews published Friday ahead of the Jewish new year, Netanyahu dismissed accusations that he is trying to paint Obama as weak on Iran in order to boost support for Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
"That's nonsense," he told the "Israel" Hayom daily, which is considered close to him.
"The issue that guides me is not the elections in the United States but the centrifuges in Iran." he claimed and wondered: "What can we do if the centrifuges in Iran pay no attention to the political timetable in the United States?"
In other remarks to the "Israeli" "Jerusalem Post" newspaper, Bibi stated "it has nothing to do with the American elections."
"If the centrifuges stop miraculously, if they stop preparing enriched uranium to make atomic bombs, then I suppose I wouldn't have to speak out," he claimed.
"For me this is a policy issue, a security issue, and not a political issue," he said.
This comes hours after the "Israeli" opposition leader Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday said that Netanyahu's pursuit of a very public dispute with Obama over Iran was an attempt to sway voters against the US president in the November election.
""Israeli" meddling in internal US affairs and turning the US administration from an ally to 'an enemy' has caused us severe damage," Mofaz charged, at a session of the "Israeli" Knesset.
"Please explain to us: who is "Israel's" greatest enemy -- the US or Iran? Who do you fear more -- (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad or Obama? Which regime is more important to overthrow -- the one in Washington, or in Tehran?" he asked.
Similar criticism has been expressed by "Israeli" and US media over Netanyahu's repeated demands that Obama set unambiguous 'red lines' with regard to a military action against Iran.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied accusations he is interfering in the US presidential vote by pushing President Barack Obama to take a tougher stand against Iran.
In newspaper interviews published Friday ahead of the Jewish new year, Netanyahu dismissed accusations that he is trying to paint Obama as weak on Iran in order to boost support for Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
"That's nonsense," he told the "Israel" Hayom daily, which is considered close to him.
"The issue that guides me is not the elections in the United States but the centrifuges in Iran." he claimed and wondered: "What can we do if the centrifuges in Iran pay no attention to the political timetable in the United States?"In other remarks to the "Israeli" "Jerusalem Post" newspaper, Bibi stated "it has nothing to do with the American elections."
"If the centrifuges stop miraculously, if they stop preparing enriched uranium to make atomic bombs, then I suppose I wouldn't have to speak out," he claimed.
"For me this is a policy issue, a security issue, and not a political issue," he said.
This comes hours after the "Israeli" opposition leader Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday said that Netanyahu's pursuit of a very public dispute with Obama over Iran was an attempt to sway voters against the US president in the November election.
""Israeli" meddling in internal US affairs and turning the US administration from an ally to 'an enemy' has caused us severe damage," Mofaz charged, at a session of the "Israeli" Knesset.
"Please explain to us: who is "Israel's" greatest enemy -- the US or Iran? Who do you fear more -- (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad or Obama? Which regime is more important to overthrow -- the one in Washington, or in Tehran?" he asked.
Similar criticism has been expressed by "Israeli" and US media over Netanyahu's repeated demands that Obama set unambiguous 'red lines' with regard to a military action against Iran.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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