Israeli Officials Insist Medvedev ‘Misunderstood,’ Still Mull Iran Attacks
Deputy FM Slams Medvedev Comments
Several high profile Israeli officials publicly castigated Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today for the later’s interview on CNN’s GPS with Fareed Zakaria in which President Medvedev claimed to have received assurances from Israeli President Shimon Peres that his nation would not attack Iran.
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon hit out at the comments, saying President Medvedev “is certainly not authorized to speak for us, and there is no change whatsoever in Israel’s policy.” Ayalon added that Medvedev must have “misunderstood” what Peres said.
Israel has been threatening to attack Iran for years over its civilian nuclear program, and its officials have repeatedly compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unfavorably with Adolf Hitler. Medvedev claimed Peres had assured him that Israel was “a peaceful country” and would never think of attacking Iran.
Israeli military chief Lt. General Gabi Ashkenazi also chimed in today, insisting that Iran with nuclear technology was a threat to the entire planet and insisting that the nation had not abandoned the idea of attacking Iran at some point in the near future.
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September 21st, 2009 at 9:22 am
[...] Israeli Officials Insist Medvedev ‘Misunderstood,’ Still Mull Iran Attacks [...]
paulBass
September 21st, 2009 at 6:36 pm
best way to secure the future of a tiny tourist trap is starting a nuclear war and making sure to talk down to the Russians before hand
MvGuy
September 21st, 2009 at 11:26 pm
RING"……."Comrad Medvedev…..It's the Prime Minister……he's swearing….he's very …upset….
….BBUUuuRRrrPPppp…….UUgh….."Tell …him…..I…..'m..in ..the……toilet…..NO!..No!…Say The shower…
It's …those….fukin..Israeli's……That….Goddamn…nitwit …."Nitwit-enYahoo"…..Always makin trouble…
doing deals behind my back,,,,With my OWN GENERALS………. You know how Bush & Obama are
usin thoze drones………We got….something…like that too…….but..the yield is six megatons………
They..gotta …remember…WHO..does the targeting……It's ME…not Vlad..!! It's me….so if they don't like
me tellin the press….We can get Vlad to tellem….. No attack on Iran…Not after that SHIT they pulled
in Geprgia…ABSOUTLY…NOT……….Speaking of Absolute….Please…Natasha……bring me another
bottle of that Polish Vodka……..It's been a terrible….nighi….day….. I think I'm gonna need to get
drunk…… Did you get that Natasha….???………………….
Terrible
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Israel attacking Iran would be a sure way to bring about the end of Israel as a nation.
Lese Majeste
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:59 am
Medvedev was right. Israel won’t attack Iran, they’ll get their prison bitch, the USA to do the dirty work just like they did in Iraq.
And if that takes another MOSSAD/CIA 9/11 false-flag, so be it.
Prinzowhales
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
It is impossible to get the truth out of Washington or Tel Aviv. Both talk out of all sides of their mouths and are not to be trusted. I still remember the fellow who was spokes creature for the Israelis in Washington, who is now chief mouthpiece for the gangsters of Tel Aviv…with Jonathan Pollard in prison he says, "Israel does not spy on the United States."
If the lie or the crime is big enough there are no political repercussions. Two criminal wars based on nothing other than lies and the same Demopubican thugs are still in power in Washington. Americans are contemptible….they get the kind of government that they deserve. Without their compliance, the criminal regime in Washington would fall and we could begin to work towards a more peaceful world.
humanist_xy
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Sooner or later the majority of the Israelis are bound to realize they are on the wrong side of the history.
– There is no god residing in the sky, a god who, according their holy book came down, wrestled with Jacob and lost”. God is a tragic-funny hoax. Most scientists laugh at the notion of god, a man who, as Most Israelis believe gave Palestine to Israelites.
–The concept of “Jewish State” in Palestine, deny it or not, implies Apartheid. Especially considering that 60 years ago over 90% of the inhabitants of the land were non-Jewish.
The Israelis are bound to realize that by having a super-strong military, wars and destroying whoever stands on their way are not going to solve their problems forever. Polls show the support for Israel is ever decreasing especially after any of their major military operations.
IF the solutions to resolve the ME conflict are based on mutual respect, humanism and cooperation, then the sky is going to brighten, else the accumulated agonies might become wounds.
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