Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former national security adviser Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror is the latest senior Israeli official to deny the veracity of a transcript published by Israeli media allegedly showing US President Barack Obama aggressively demanding that Netanyahu end the Gaza operation.
“It should be clear to the people of Israel that this transcript is wrong. That should be clear,” says Amidror.
“I know of so many conversations between [Obama and Netanyahu] that I can say that this is impossible,” he adds. “The American president understands that he can’t take responsibility for Israel’s security. So he recommends or suggests, he doesn’t demand.
“Even now, the Pentagon is giving us more bombs, the White House is giving us money. How does that fit [with the alleged transcript]?” he says.
“If we let someone in the world tell us when we can destroy tunnels aimed at kidnapping Israelis, we’ll lose our ability to fight. That’s why no US president could say such things to an Israeli prime minister,” he insists.
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