PMO calls leaked Barak criticism ‘irresponsible’

The Prime Minister’s Office urges an end to “irresponsible talk on matters of national security.”

The statement comes in the wake of leaked interviews with former defense minister Ehud Barak in which he criticizes (and in the process reveals new information about) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of Iran, the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange and other issues.

The PMO offers a thinly veiled criticism of Barak’s recent chattiness.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to work responsibly and aggressively for the sake of the security of Israel and its citizens, does not bury his head in the sand, points to dangers and threats as they are, and works determinedly and decisively — just as he did a few days ago in Syria, and as he’s done in dozens of decisions and operations, some of which are hidden from the public eye, as they should be.”