In aftermath of Yadlin, Olmert comments, defense minister calls on former�officials to "show more responsibility."


Defense Minister Moshe Ya�alon visited the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel on Tuesday, accompanied by IAF Chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz.

During his visit, when asked about recent comments made about Iran by former senior Israeli officials, Ya�alon said, �People talk, expressing themselves freely. I�d be glad if people would show more responsibility, and if we didn�t need responses such as the one the prime minister had to provide.�

Last week, former Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin said�Iran had in effect already crossed Israel�s red line�on its nuclear development.

During the recent�Jerusalem Post�Conference in New York, former prime minister Ehud Olmert said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had��exaggerated� the imminent nature of the Iranian threat, and that �perhaps someone helped them [the Iranians] to fail� in efforts to advance their nuclear program.

On Monday, Netanyahu said Iran had�not yet crossed Israel�s red line�in its nuclear project, but that it was systematically getting closer to it.

�The whole discussion on the Iranian issue is a sensitive discussion, and it would be preferable if it were held in the right places,� Ya�alon said on Tuesday.

By The Jerusalem Post

 

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