Photo by Andrew Friedman/TPS on 22 March, 2018
Liberman: Bickering Over Nuclear Strike Threat to National Security
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that the torrent of bickering and credit grabbing among those involved in the attack on the nuclear reactor in Syria in 2007, has made him question his decision to approve the publication.
"The fighting over credit, and the number of secrets that former officials have spilled to the media puts the operation, which was brilliant, to shame,” Liberman told Army Radio Thursday, adding that the IDF censor had made a professional and correct decision to allow the publication.
“But we did not expect such a fight over credit,” he said.
When asked if damage had been done to Israel’s security in the 24 hours since the event was cleared for publication, Liberman answered “unequivocally, yes. I’ve spoken to a number of people and commentators, and they are all convinced that red lines were crossed,” adding that he plans on asking Supreme Court judges to look into a possible probe into the behavior of some former officials, though he refused to identify specific names.
Nevertheless, Liberman added that the censor had also nixed publication of some details about the attack. Only thanks to the censor were we able to keep certain state secrets,” he said.
Asked why the information surrounding the attack was ultimately approved for publishing, Liberman said that most of the information had already been published, alluding to an article published in The New Yorker magazine in 2012, which detailed the events leading up to the attack, as well as then-President George W. Bush’s 2010 autobiography Decision Points, which described the events of 2007 from the perspective of the Oval Office.
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