'Best way to deny Iran atomic bomb is to replace Netanyahu,' Liberman says
Former foreign minister made the remarks in a weekend interview with 'Yediot Aharonot'.
Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMANUpdated: Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman fiercely attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Iranian issue on Friday, saying that he is not capable of handling it.In an interview with Yediot Aharonot’s Sima Kadmon, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Liberman said the best way of preventing the nuclearization of Iran is by replacing Netanyahu.“Netanyahu is not capable of dealing with the Iranian issue,” he said. “It is too big for him, all of it. I can use any cliche: ‘If you want to shoot, shoot, don’t talk.’ He is a dog that barks but doesn’t bite. But the bottom line is that we talked so much about all the options that no one takes us seriously anymore. And now that we are talking again, they are just laughing at us.”Liberman warned in the interview that the Iran deal will lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East in which Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will try to join the nuclear club. He complained that the deal makes Iran a regional superpower. He said this would only grow the Islamic Republic’s appetite and chutzpah.“To deal properly with the Iranian issue, you need to be creative, determined, and to know how to make difficult decisions,” Liberman said. “Netanyahu is none of those things.”RECOMMENDED STORIESAt least 70 wounded, two killed after four rounds of Iranian attack slam IsraelJUNE 12, 2025Israel trying to persuade US to join in continuing strikes on Iran, sources tell 'Post'JUNE 13, 2025Vacation ruse, phantom trip, hostage decoy: How Israel misled Tehran before Iran strikeJUNE 13, 2025Mossad leads series of secret attack operations in heart of IranJUNE 13, 2025