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7. Olmert mocks Netanyahu, backs Obama over Iran nuclear talks

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:41 AM

Nov 2013

Former PM says Israel's "rhetoric of war and confrontation" was unwise, gov't erred ignoring Rouhani's talk of peace.

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert derided his successor, Binyamin Netanyahu, for butting heads with President Barack Obama over the Iranian nuclear standoff.

According to Israel Radio, Olmert told college students in New Hampshire that the Israeli government's "rhetoric of war and confrontation" was unwise, and that it erred in ignoring "the Iranian president's talk of peace with Western countries."

Olmert said he wholeheartedly supported Obama's efforts to test Iran's seriousness in reaching a resolution regarding its nuclear program.

"If Iran is serious, why not end this whole affair with an agreement instead of by force?" Olmert said. "Perhaps we will reach the conclusion that nothing else worked, but we owe it to ourselves to check."

http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Olmert-mocks-Netanyahu-backs-Obama-over-Iran-nuclear-talks-331991

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