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Agressive statements from Israel leaders upsetting Iran, and upsetting Israel’s military leaders

The report claimed that the prime minister and the defense minister were encountering stiff resistance to the idea of ordering the strike now from military and intelligence chiefs

Talk of military strike ‘makes Tehran nervous’ Jerusalem Post, By YAAKOV LAPPIN08/13/2012 Israeli media continue to be dominated by reports of supposed imminent strike on Iran’s nuclear program.ran is disturbed by threats emanating from Israel to strike its nuclear sites and takes such threats seriously, a senior Iran expert told The
Jerusalem Post.

The past few days have been dominated by media headlines on a possible Israeli strike, with several reports claiming that a strike is imminent and could come within weeks. Iran has been busy fortifying its air defenses and moving parts of the uranium enrichment program to
underground sites to make them immune to an Israeli strike.

Striking Iran
PM: Iran strike reports aimed at tying Israel’s hands “Iran is making preparations for an attack, though they are not discussing this,” Ephraim Kam, deputy director of Tel Aviv
University’s Institute for National Security Studies, told the Post on Sunday. For a while now, Iran has been warning that anyone who strikes their nuclear program will fail in their mission, and that Iran’s reply will be enormously harsh. “It shows a certain nervousness, a
desire to deter Israel,” Kam said. “They’re taking an Israeli strike into consideration, and are disturbed by it.”….. on Friday, the Yediot Aharonot daily carried a front-cover story saying that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were seeking to launch a strike against Iran this coming fall. The report claimed that the prime minister and the defense minister were encountering stiff resistance to the idea of ordering the strike now
from military and intelligence chiefs.http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=281009

August 13, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, Israel, politics international