Olmert slams PM: We have declared war on US
Olmert slams PM: We have declared war on US – Israel News, Ynetnews.
( Olmert, corrupt disgrace though he may be, asks a critical question, “Who will be our savior.” Answer via Ben Gurion: Only ourselves. – JW )
In special conference on Geneva agreement, former-PM Olmert slams Netanyahu over his public reaction to the nuclear deal with Iran, asking rhetorically ‘Who will be our savior Obama or Putin?’ Former-MI chief says deal bad, but stress fact it is preliminary
Attila Somfalvi
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addressed the Geneva agreement between world powers and Iran, and slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who according to him has declared war on the American administration
“We have declared war on the US… Will the savior in the Iranian matter be Putin, or Obama?” the former prime minister rhetorically asked, adding “We need to go against the American president? To ask questions, to argue, in closed door decisions, of course,” hinting critisim at Netanyahu’s public statements in regards to the Iranian deal.
Speaking at a special conference on the Geneva agreement held at the Institute for National Security Studies together with Former Military Intelligence Chief (res.) Major General Amos Yadlin and MK Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud ), Olmeret added that “Until 2009 we managed in silence, after that our policy changed to screams and threats and financial outlays of more than NIS 10 billion ($2.83 billion).
Ehud Olmert at the INSS (Photo: Hagai Dekel)
According to Olmert, Israel should not lead talks with Iran. “Israel needs to be a partner in this process, but it cannot and should not lead this international struggle.
“During the last ten years the government has been dealing with this more and more. Two government, the one headed by Ariel Sharon and the one headed by myself, clearly stated Israel’s position: Israel will not and cannot accept a nuclear Iran, this is an existential threat on our country.”
“If we had used those warnings in the proper way, through the confidential backchannels which we had built for decades with the American administration, we would have made it easier for that administration to make the decisions we wanted.”
MK Tzachi Hanegbi addressed the INSS (Photo: Hagai Dekel)
However, “In no way did we want the diplomatic discussions and contacts to become a matter of public disagreements between us and our allies. I never raised the idea, neither did my processor, of picking a fight with Israel’s number one ally and to incite the American congress against the president – a thing which is without precedent, and its dangers and damages are larger than we can estimate.”
Head of the INSS and the former Military Intelligence Chief (res.) Major General Amos Yadlin also commented on the temporary agreement reached with Iran, and said that “Iran is one breakthrough away from the bomb. It’s sad, but it’s the fact.”
However, he noted that “we must remember that this is only an initial agreement, not a final one. The fact that Iran is on the threshold of nuclear capabilities is not the result of this agreement, but because the Iranians were hard at work on these capabilities for many years and no one has been able to stop them.”
‘Moral surrender’
Regarding the public debate over the agreement and a nuclear Iran, Yadlin said “during the last three years has moved to the forefront of the public debate. This is the result of the initiative of Israel’s leaders. But the majority of the public is still awkward and without the proper tools to formulate an educated opinion.”
MK Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud) addressed the nuclear deal at saying “The West agreed that the final agreement will allow Iran to enrich uranium in her facilities. If this is not a moral defeat, what is a moral defeat? If this isn’t surrender, what is surrender? The time frame that Iran needs to get a nuclear weapon is no longer than a few months.”
According to Hanegbi, “The Israeli position needs to be sharper. We must demand the removal of all of the enriched uranium. If Israel stutters or flatters, all the other voices will weaken as well. Netanyahu clarified that Israel is not party to the deal that was reached. We are the first who want a diplomatic agreement.”
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WarSclerotic 
December 1, 2013 at 10:32 PM
The saviour will be, as always, God alone.
Who will be the implementator of God’s salvation on the Iranian issue?
Well maybe it may come from the same sort of direction as that which took care of the Syrian nuclear issue?
Eh Udi….?
December 1, 2013 at 10:39 PM
Or maybe the G-d of Israel will do as he did in the old days. Make your enemies turn against each other.
December 1, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Psalms 136:10
“To strike Mitsrayim with their own firstborn”
Excellent idea. All for it.
Seems to be the direction things are moving, in any case.
December 1, 2013 at 10:53 PM
Sooner or later Israel will stand alone against the rest of the world. It is time to start trusting in Hashem and turn to him for help. He has been waiting far too long.
December 2, 2013 at 12:36 AM
With you, bro.
December 2, 2013 at 1:31 AM
The Lord helps those who help themselves, not those who sit and wait.
December 2, 2013 at 5:19 AM
God helps everyone, JP. Everyone.
The success and failure, rise and fall, of any individual, or any nation, at any given moment, is in His hand, utterly, entirely.
The question of when, where, and how to take action on any given issue is deep and complex, being that we mortals, limited as we are, can never ultimately know if we are making the proper choice. Exactly which set of guidelines to go by, well that’s already really off topic here, so I won’t get into it. In any case, we all need God’s help in making the proper choices, to give us success in our endevors, and to correct us and protect us both from those who wish to do us harm, and from our own mistakes.
Psalms 16:2
“God looks from heaven unto the children of Adam to see – Is there someone (truly) intelligent, who is beseeching God?”
That’s what it’s really all about.
Peace Brother.
December 2, 2013 at 5:34 AM
The Mullahs of Iran truely believe that Allah guides their hand and that they are following the will of god. Many times in the annals of war both sides in a battle knew that god was on their side. You see it is easy to claim god is on your side, everyone does it. It’s no big deal because god can’t be on everyone’s side, but it does give the combatants hope and belief in the justice of their cause. Peace back at ya dude!
December 2, 2013 at 6:04 AM
“Is there someone (truly) intelligent, who is beseeching God?” Please give me a break with this crap! By who’s standards? It is said the victors write the history of the world, therfore the god of the best trained and prepaired arms is the true god.
December 2, 2013 at 6:09 AM
“Is there someone (truly) intelligent, who is beseeching God?” Please, give me a break with this crap! By who’s standards? It is said the victors write the history of the world, therefore, the god of the best trained and prepaired armies is the true god. Therefore god helps those who help themselves. Wake up!
December 2, 2013 at 3:14 PM
The Lord blesses those who help themselves and helps those who turn to him
December 2, 2013 at 4:24 PM
The Mullahs turn to him. So god helps them??
December 2, 2013 at 4:50 PM
The Mullahs do not turn to the G-d of Abraham Isaac and Jacob.
December 2, 2013 at 4:57 PM
Sorry, but if there A god hes the god of all that is seen and unseen, not just a spec on a spec.
December 2, 2013 at 5:19 PM
Sorry, but if there is A god hes the god of all that is seen and unseen, not just a spec on a spec. Unless of course you’re suggestion a polytheistic reality.
December 2, 2013 at 6:49 AM
“Bibi shut up.” Only Olmert’s allowed to be a windbag.
More indictments coming, Ehud? You could never suck up to the leftist courts enough, especially now that some of the blood of Amona may have washed off your hands. In the name of G-d Olmert crowns Obama above G-d. (See his statement quoted in Arutz Sheva.) Ever hear of “Thou shalt not take the name of the L-rd thy G-d in vain”? So bow down to Obama. Throw another settler child into the volcano to appease the Obama god. What’s Chanukah Ehud? Time to suck up to the Greeks, Ehud? What’s a Hellenist? Don’t bomb Iran. Ehud needs attention.