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Friday, June 13, 2025
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Friday, June 13, 2025
PM’s insistence he was going on vacation was apparently a ruse
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister’s Office went out of its way to tell reporters that Benjamin Netanyahu was indeed going on vacation this weekend: “As opposed to reports spread online,” the prime minister did not cancel his trip to the north.
The announcement appears to have been part of a campaign to lull Iranian intelligence into thinking a strike would not happen this weekend.
It should be noted that the wedding of Netanyahu’s son Avner is scheduled for Monday, an event that is sure to be postponed.
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