With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moving to dissolve Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in anticipation of early elections, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is looking to reassure hawkish would-be voters that the move won’t get in the way of a potential attack on Iran.
“Elections will not affect deliberations of the professional echelon in everything regarding the Iranian issue,” Barak insisted in his statement, saying that a military attack remains “on the table” and could happen at any time.
The prospects of war have been seen slimming recently, as a number of former Israeli security officials have voiced public displeasure with the rush to attack, and as the P5+1 continues to make progress in negotiations with Iran. Even Israel’s army chief conceded late last month that Iran isn’t likely to ever try to make nuclear weapons.
There is a surprising disconnect between the security officials and Israel’s political leadership, and Netanyahu’s top National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror is still in Europe holding secret meetings with European nations, trying to convince them of the need for a war in the near term.
like any good strong democracy elections will have no effect on policy.
In case Likud and Kadima are back in force afterwards, a blank cheque will have been written by the Israeli people and handed to crazies. In that case, let History judge – and let them never complain about Germany again.
How much longer will the international community let this rogue state foment war?
The use of force: It's all they understand
They have to have the elections before the Iran war. What is going to happen if they get a lot of the IDF killed off. How is the democracy of Israel going to handle an arab majority? That is a real chance if things go badly in Iran. I know they will have another major drive to expel arabs because some how they caused the loses from the attack on Iran. Once they get elected and they lose the majority you can be sure they will never have another election. What good is a democracy if you are going to allow the majority to have power.
Barak is a terrorist, and should be strapped to the Dimona reactor when Iran launches missiles in retaliation. Israel MUST find a way to rid itself of these war criminals. If not, it will be islolated, and ultimately destroyed.
More Nazi inspired, terrorist blather. The world will not continue to stand idly by while this crime is committed.
Can we get a league of moral nations to put this dog to sleep already?
Are the psychopaths still insisting with the same idea? They should get a good bombing in their cities and I am sure they'd stop howling for it.