‘Total war:’ Ex-defense chief Liberman calls for attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure

By Sam Sokol 16 June 2025, 1:54 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Israel must strike “all Iranian power plants, every oil well, gas field, fuel storage facility, and seaports and airports,” Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman says during a visit to Rehovot, where Iranian missiles caused damage to the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

“We are paying a very heavy price. The Iranians are attacking population centers and civilian infrastructure. This is a total war,” the hawkish former defense minister says, arguing that Israel “must not stop halfway.”