Sunday, January 5, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Calls Israel A 'Nuclear Power' During Today's Cabinet Meeting

Netanyahu calls Israel a "nuclear power," then corrects himself (Hebrew)

Reuters: Netanyahu, in apparent stumble, calls Israel 'nuclear power'

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile.

Israel is widely believed to have an atomic arsenal but has never confirmed or denied that it has nuclear weapons, maintaining a so-called policy of ambiguity on the issue for decades.

Netanyahu stumbled at the weekly cabinet meeting while reading in Hebrew prepared remarks on a deal with Greece and Cyprus on a subsea gas pipeline.

“The significance of this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear power,” he said, before quickly correcting himself to say “energy power”.

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