Opposition Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman says that the US recognizes Israel has no alternative but to hit back at Iran for its Saturday attack, and that Israel must seek “maximal coordination” with the US in doing so.
Liberman tells Channel 12 Israel was only able to repel the Iranian missile and drone attack with the help of the Americans — including US interceptions, and crucially, US intel and early warning capabilities.
He says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited him for a security briefing, but that the timing has not yet been finalized. He says he will of course attend, given that this is “a time of war.”
He urges Netanyahu not to talk endlessly about Israel’s planned response, as the prime minister has done about the planned IDF operation in Rafah. “Stop talking,” he says. “First act, then talk.”
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