The debate between interim Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu did not stop after a meeting held by Lapid on Tuesday to inform Netanyahu of the government’s position on a possible agreement with Iran and to try to influence it.
Lapid’s “There is a future” party issued a statement while criticizing Netanyahu, saying: “In addition to the damage that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caused during his tenure, he now continues as the head of the opposition.”
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, for his part, emphasized that “Israel’s national security issues should remain above political discussion during the election period.”
Gantz added: “Tehran’s attempt to obtain an atomic bomb does not discriminate between the government or the other government, and therefore we must maintain unity and focus on the most important goal, which is to confront it.”
The Iran case seems to be one of the important axes around which Netanyahu’s and Lapid’s election campaigns revolve in the remaining weeks, especially since each of them has their own arguments and reasons regarding the optimal performance to deal with their enemies. The threat of Iran
According to the Jerusalem Post, on the other hand, Yossi Cohen, the former head of the Mossad, confirmed on Monday that Israel’s intelligence service oversaw a series of operations against Tehran’s nuclear program, some of which were carried out on Iranian soil.
Cohen said that during his leadership of the Mossad, he conducted “countless” operations against Iran’s nuclear program.
During his participation in the “World Zionist Organization” meeting in Basel, Switzerland, he added: Without details, Mossad achieved many successes in the war against Iran’s nuclear program, we worked from all over the world and in Iran itself. “
Cohen emphasized that “the Iranian regime lies to the whole world and we proved this when we brought thousands of documents from the Iranian archives.”
Emphasizing that the Iranian regime “wants the destruction of the country of Israel and the destruction of Israel”, he said: “I guarantee that Israel will do everything necessary to delay and prevent the Iranians from building nuclear bombs that threaten the security of the country of Israel.” will do.” Wipe it off the map.”
Cohen pointed to Tehran’s support for terrorism and considered it another threat to Israel in addition to its nuclear ambitions.
For his part, Lapid confirmed on Sunday that Israel has been engaged in a multi-dimensional “diplomatic struggle” for more than a year to prevent the re-signing of the nuclear deal with Iran.
He noted that the head of the National Security Agency returned from Washington over the weekend, the defense secretary is also there now, and concerted efforts are being made to ensure that Americans and Europeans are aware of the risks involved. This agreement.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
