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“Arms Deal Said to Give Obama Veto on Iran Attack By Israel”
by TruNews   
April 23rd, 2013
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A $3 billion weapons deal was expected to ensure that the United States could block any Israeli attack on Iran.

Analysts said the U.S. offer of advanced aircraft to Israel was meant to stop any attack by the Jewish state on Iran. They said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to President Barack Obama that Washington
would have veto power over any Israeli operation against Teheran.

“The arsenal of weapons that has been promised to Israel is supposed to rein it in and leave the decision on dealing with Iran’s nuclear facilities up to the Americans,” former Israel Air Force commander [Res.] Maj. Gen. Eitan Ben-Eliyahu said.

In an analysis in the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot on April 21, Ben-Eliyahu, who served as a consultant to the military and government,  asserted that Obama was willing to listen to Netanyahu’s warnings of Iran’s nuclear program. But the former air force chief said the prime minister was receiving U.S. weapons on condition that he demonstrates restraint.

“Let us remember that the $3 billion worth of weapons and equipment being provided to Israel will obligate the government of Israel to show restraint,” Ben-Eliyahu said. “Talk? Sure. Act? Only in full coordinationwith the United States.” The analysis, confirmed by other Israeli sources, was published during the start of the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

Hagel, who approved an Israeli request for the V-22 and KC-135 aircraft, said Israel and the United States agree on the Iranian nuclear threat but don’t agree on when a military operation would be required.

“Israel will make the decision that Israel must make to protect itself, to defend itself,” Hagel said. “When you back down into the specifics of the timing of when and if Iran decides to pursue a nuclear weapon, there may well be some differences.”

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