Ron Drummer, who until recently was Israel's ambassador to Washington, warns that despite their promises, the US and the international community will not prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. In an extensive and rare interview to be published tomorrow in the Israel Today holiday supplement, To happen.
No one wanted North Korea and Pakistan to have nuclear weapons, but it did.
"Both Obama and Biden do not want Iran to have nuclear weapons, but it will happen if we do not stop it."
"The Iranians want to turn Israel into South Korea, and Tel Aviv into Seoul. They want to surround us with a conventional belt with accurate weapons and create a balance of terror, so that every time someone fires a rocket from Gaza, you think twice about responding. In the 15th year of the nuclear deal, When you expect the international community to deny them nuclear weapons, they will have such conventional power that people will say, 'It's too late to stop them. They will destroy Tel Aviv.' We will have options. "
Mossad chief Dagan said military action should be taken only when the knife is on his neck.
"You will not be able to act when the knife is on your neck, because the price will be too heavy."
Talks on the agreement, this year in Vienna, Photo: AFP
Drummer also rejects Prime Minister Bennett's remarks that Netanyahu neglected the Iranian issue.
"This is a statement detached from reality. I saw for 20 years, including four years in the Prime Minister's Office and another seven years in the embassy in Washington, how Netanyahu mobilizes the world to exert international pressure on Iran. "To act, and that caused more pressure. Netanyahu was the most active factor in the Israeli and international system on this issue, and there are many things that are still unknown. He thought he should do everything, and so he acted."
In the Iranian context as well, Drummer accused senior Israeli officials of undermining government policies during the Obama administration.
"There were people who prevented the prime minister from doing his job in defending Israel's interests. This was true between 2009 and 2012, when people acted against the military option, and also in the fight against the nuclear agreement in 2015-2013."
"The most active factor."
Netanyahu unveils Iranian nuclear archive, 2018, Photo: Koko
Drummer, who was Netanyahu's closest adviser for 20 years, played a crucial role in the historic decisions made by former President Trump regarding Israel.
The boundaries of cynicism
Throughout his years, Drummer Mashiach has avoided the Israeli media, and in an interview explained the reasons for this while harshly criticizing the performance of some of the journalists.
According to him, "there is a whole group of people (journalists; etc.) who have no limit to their cynicism towards the politicians in the country.
But for some reason, when they board a plane and cross the ocean, their cynicism disappears.
When an American president says something, they become naive.
I found myself spending hours dealing with nonsense that was written or said. "
In the extensive conversation, Drummer reveals the reason for the extension of his term to seven years, reveals details about the ties with the Trump administration, the affair of the F-35 aircraft requested by the Emirates and the efforts to release Jonathan Pollard. Drummer also responds to allegations against him and Netanyahu regarding ties with the Democratic Party, and on the treatment of American Jews.