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Israel leaders misleading public on Iran: Ex-security chief
Saturday April 28, 2012 07:55:10 PM,
IANS
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London:
The former chief of Israel's domestic intelligence agency has
accused the country's leadership of "misleading" the public on the
merits of a possible military strike on Iran, BBC reported.
Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said an attack might speed up
any attempt by Iran to obtain a nuclear bomb.
Iran denies it is making any nuclear arms.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister
Ehud Barak have repeatedly said Iran must be prevented from
building nuclear weapons.
They have not ruled out military action to disrupt Tehran's
nuclear programme.
Diskin, who stepped down as Shin Bet chief last year after six
years in the job, said he had "no faith in the current leadership"
of Netanyahu and Barak, the BBC said citing Israeli media reports.
"I don't believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on
messianic feelings. They are misleading the public on the Iran
issue. They tell the public that if Israel acts, Iran won't have a
nuclear bomb. This is misleading. Actually, many experts say that
an Israeli attack would accelerate the Iranian nuclear race," he
said.
Israel's military chief has said he did not think Iran has yet
decided to build nuclear weapons.
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said he believed international
sanctions against Iran were bearing fruit in dissuading it from
taking such a decision.
Earlier, Meir Dagan, former head of Israel's foreign intelligence
service Mossad, publicly opposed military action against Iran.
Dagan said an Israeli attack would have "devastating" consequences
on his own country, and would not prevent Iran from obtaining
nuclear weapons.
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