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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Diskin once again proved that in the new Israel, the old Turkish model prevails. Certain army and police commanders think they're more worthy than the democratically elected leaders, so they don't hesitate to lay political bombshells at the leaders'...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dropped heavy hints Sunday of early elections, shifting the national focus from a former spymaster's accusations that he could start a rash war with Iran. The next general elections in Israel are not due...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
At the conference, sponsored by the Jerusalem Post in New York, the two also exchanged harsh words after Dagan warned Erdan over the so-called "Dagan law," forbidding former security officials to issue open statements until a certain cooling period...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Top Israeli government ministers are misleading the public about the consequences of preemptive military action against Iran, former Israeli security chief Yuval Diskin has warned. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, takes a belligerent stance on Iran. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/AFP/Getty Images Time for a quiz question. Last week, who said Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak Israel's prime minister and defence minister...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Dagan said that Diskin was his friend, and added that he "spoke his own truth," at the conference in New York City, sponsored by the Jerusalem Post, reported Israeli news site Walla. On Friday, comments made by Diskin in his local town of Kfar Sava...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Jodi Rudoren April 30, 2012 Read later Analysts in Israel say there has long been a rift between elected leaders and defence and intelligence professionals. Photo: AP THE recently retired chief of Israel's internal security agency has accused the...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Marc Israel Sellem Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan on Sunday gave his support to former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Yuval Diskin, who said Friday that he has no confidence in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud...
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Israel National News
| 1 year ago
At a forum over the weekend, Diskin accused Barak and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of preparing Israelis for a messianic war against Iran. The man from the Akirov Towers in Tel Aviv, and the man from the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem and...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
The UK has now plunged into a double dip recession, according to figures released Wednesday...Suggested Topics The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness of a military...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Thirteen years ago he contended not only against Ehud Barak, who defeated him, but against his defense minister Yitzhak Mordechai, who had quit his cabinet, outgoing Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon. They all...
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Asian Tribune
| 1 year ago
42 editor Last Friday the latest high-level talks on breaking a five-month diplomatic impasse between Pakistan and the USA collapsed over American refusal to Pakistani demands for an unconditional apology from the Obama administration for an...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
The former head of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, says he does not trust Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak . Yuval Diskin , who headed the agency for six years before retiring in May, spoke at a...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
The former chief of Israel's domestic intelligence agency has described Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak as men driven by messianic feelings and said he had no faith in them to lead a potential strike on Iran's...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Israel's former security chief is slamming the country's prime minister and defense minister for their handling of Iran, saying neither one inspires confidence. "I don't trust a leadership that relies on messianic leadership," said Yuval Diskin, the...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
FM warns in Channel 2 interview that while it's in the national interest not to advance election, Yisrael Beytenu will not be "held hostage," says future of gov't to be determined after vote on his "Tal Law" alternative. Baz Ratner Foreign Minister...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 1 year ago
A former Israeli spymaster has branded the country's leaders unfit to tackle the Iranian nuclear program because of what he called the "messianic feelings" behind their threats to launch a pre-emptive war on Iran. Other veterans have come out against...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Benjamin Netanyahu are misleading Israelis over Iran's threat, says former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin. EPA Israel 's former security chief has censured the country's "messianic" political leadership for talking up the prospects of a military stike...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
American authorities are ready to compromise with Iran on uranium enrichment. The Los Angeles Times says this information was leaked to the paper by a representative of the Obama administration. The outcome of such a compromise is hard to predict,...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Since the end of his term as the head of the Mossad last January, Dagan seems to be on a divine mission to stop the bombing. Diskin, who shares those same feelings, has kept a low profile. The harsh words leveled at the two leaders were planned ahead...
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Newyork Times
| 1 year ago
I don't believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on messianic feelings, said Yuval Diskin, who stepped down last May after six years running the Shin Bet, Israel's version of the F.B.I...I fear very much that these are not the people I'd...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
I don't believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on messianic feelings, said Yuval Diskin, who stepped down last May after six years running the Shin Bet, Israel's version of the F.B.I...I fear very much that these are not the people I'd...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
This whole discussion on the Iranian issue should be conducted differenetly. I trust that Barak and Netanyahu are managing the situation in a fitting manner Everyone is united on the fact that Israel cannot live with a (Iranian) nuclear bomb. The...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Report in 'LA Times' cites US government officials as saying that Washington to consider allowing Iran to continue uranium enrichment up to 5% as long as the country agrees to safeguards. Tolga Adanali/Pool The Obama administration is hinting that it...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
The UK has now plunged into a double dip recession, according to figures released Wednesday...Over the past six weeks I've had mixed feelings towards the proposals to close 36 Remploy factories,... The conviction of former Liberian president Charles...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
I don't believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on messianic feelings," he added. Diskin deemed Barak and Netanyahu "two messianics the one from Akirov or the Assuta project and the other from Gaza Street or Caesarea," he said, referring...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Former Shin Bet chief says leaders are not fit to lead, says they mislead the public about Iran: "Attacking Iran will encourage them to develop a bomb all the faster." Photo: Sivan Faraj Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin sharply criticized Israel's...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Share This Story officials of the U.S. government said they may permit Iran to enrich uranium up to the 5 percent concentration, provided the Iranians submit to unrestricted inspections of their nuclear sites and agree to tough oversight and...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
In the ever-escalating war of words between Israel and Iran over the latter's nuclear program, some top Israel i officials have repeatedly compared the current regime in Tehran to Nazi Germany and Adolph Hitler's program of exterminating the Jews.
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
An Israeli poll published on Friday, amid fresh talk of possible early elections, showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party winning twice as much support as any rival. But the Smith Research survey carried by Jerusalem Post newspaper...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Israel's defense minister says the world must prepare to "swiftly and firmly" stop Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons and setting off a regional nuclear arms race.
In a thinly veiled reference to a military strike, Barak acknowledges...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Israel's defense minister said existing sanctions against Iran are unlikely to make it give up what Israel and much of the international community believe is a covert nuclear arms program. Speaking late Thursday, Ehud Barak acknowledged that current...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Panetta hopes Israeli general correct' on Iran AFP 13 mins ago Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (R) shakes hand with US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta (L) during a meeting at La Moneda presidential Palace, in Santiago on April 26, 2012. US...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Breaking News US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Thursday he hopes that statements from Israel's military chief describing Iran's leadership as rational were "correct." IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday that the Iranian...
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Newyork Times
| 1 year ago
The remarks by Israel 's top defense officials added to uncertainty over the unity of the nation's leadership in its approach to Iran's nuclear program, which Israel fears is aimed at producing weapons. While Israeli officials insisted Thursday that...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
The remarks by Israel 's top defense officials added to uncertainty over the unity of the nation's leadership in its approach to Iran's nuclear program, which Israel fears is aimed at producing weapons. While Israeli officials insisted Thursday that...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Barak claimed that Iran's leadership is not rational in the Western sense of the word, and warned that Egypt may also join the regional race for nuclear arms, should Tehran develop a nuclear weapon. Barak spoke in unusual detail at a traditional...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Israelis headed to beaches, national parks, nature reserves and military bases Thursday as the nation celebrated its 64th Independence Day. In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu , President Shimon Peres and armed forces chief Gen.
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 1 year ago
Barak told an audience at Air Force House in Herzliya on Thursday, Israel's Independence Day, that a nuclear Iran would launch a regional nuclear arms race and would embolden Iranian proxies that attack Israel, Israel Radio reported. The Obama...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz (6th R) salutes as he stands near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (4th R) during the annual Memorial Day ceremony commemorating fallen soldiers at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem May...
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War In Context
| 1 year ago
Never forget World War II by Paul Woodward on April 26, 2012 Shmuel Rosner writes : The seven days between Holocaust Memorial Day (last Thursday) and Independence Day (this Thursday) are packed with national symbolism. Seven days to remind the Jews...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The chief of Israel 's military, who has already claimed that he doubts Iran will develop nuclear bombs, now alleges that other forces may support or launch a military strike against the Islamic Republic themselves in order to discourage its nascent...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Thousands of Israelis celebrated Israel's 64the Independence Day with family picnics and hikes. The Society for the Protections of Nature in Israel and the Jewish National Fund estimated that around 1.5 million people are expected to visit the...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-04-26 03:15 PM Israel's military chief says he believes Iranian leaders are "rational" people that he did not believe it would build a nuclear bomb, appearing...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
In an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz published Wednesday, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz says Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "will be making a huge mistake" if he decides to build an atomic bomb. Gantz then says "I do not...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
In an interview with an Israeli newspaper, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz says he thinks the current Iranian leadership is very rational. His public stance is unusual, especially as they run counter to the views of Israeli prime minister Benjamin...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
You may have heard by now that Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik played video games: violent fir... Harmful chemicals circulating in the environment may affect more parts of the body than was previous... How should a country respond when its...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Graphic Iran's nuclear matrix Gallery Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have repeatedly stressed that they do not think sanctions and diplomacy will persuade Iran to halt a nuclear program they describe as a military one, and they warn that...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
Israel's military chief has signaled a softening of his country's line on Iran, saying that he does not believe Iran will decide to produce an atomic bomb and describing its leadership as "very rational". In the interview published on Wednesday in...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Iran has not decided to build a nuclear bomb, says IDF Chief of Staff Lt...The military chief's words cut a sharp contrast with the bellicose rhetoric of PM Netanyahu. Israeli Defense Forces Lieutenant General Gantz told Ha'aretz daily that Iran was...
