Former national security adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, says Israel is strong enough to fight Hamas in Gaza without US Hellfire missiles and does not rule out having to reconquer the Palestinian enclave.
Amidror says that “a little perspective is needed” when talking about the latest alleged crisis in Israel-US relations, since Israel receives up to $1 billion in US military aid every year. All of Israel’s fighter planes, he tells Israel Radio, as well as some of our precise weaponry, are made in the US.
Former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror, October 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
The Americans are neither stupid, nor naive, and they act according to their interests, he says.
If the Cairo ceasefire talks fail, he says, retaking Gaza would be a tough option — but he does not dismiss the idea.
He says Israel must prepare for the possibility, because “we might get there,” he is quoted by Israel Radio as saying.
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