Netanyahu, Barak and Ashkenazi (Photo:Haim Zach)
Israeli Report Says Netanyahu, Military Were Split Over Possible Attack On Iran -- McClatchy News
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military leaders refused two years ago to put the country’s army on alert for immediate action against Iran, telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Israel was not ready to take on Iran alone, according to a new documentary that aired here Monday.
In an hour-long investigative report, the Israeli television program “Uvda” said that Netanyahu had ordered the heightened military alert during a meeting in late 2010. The report described the country’s top military and intelligence leaders, Israel Defense Forces chief Gabi Ashkenazi and the director of the Mossad spy agency, Meir Dagan, as “shocked” by Netanyahu’s move and said they both argued strongly against the measure.
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More News On Reports That Israel Was Prepared To Launch A Military Strike Against Iran In 2010
TV report: Israel security heads nixed Iran attack -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Israeli Report Cites a Thwarted 2010 Move on Iran -- New York Times
Israel 'planned Iran attack in 2010' -- The Guardian
Benjamin Netanyahu 'ordered Israel's armed forces to prepare Iran strike in 2010' -- The Telegraph
Israel Ordered Iran Strike Preparations in 2010, Says New Report -- ABC News
Israel's Netanyahu ordered Iran strike in 2010: TV -- AFP
Israel's security chiefs rejected orders to prepare for Iran strike in 2010 -- Haaretz
PM ordered IDF on alert for Iran strike in 2010 -- Jerusalem Post
Israel TV says security heads halted Iran alert -- Daily Star
Israel stepped back from brink of war with Iran in 2010 -- The Independent
Netanyahu more resolved than thought to strike Iran, but Israel might not be -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
Israeli split over Iran strike lays bare a high-stakes game of political poker -- Julian Borger, The Guardian
Was Israel on verge of war in 2010? -- YNet News
So, Israel Nearly Attacked Iran in 2010; Who'd a Thunk It? -- Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
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