Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, who is also a member of Israel’s security Cabinet, dismissed as “nonsense” allegations made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Jan. 3, as if Israel tried tricking the United States into waging war on Iran. “We hear this nonsense by Zarif, that Israel would set off terrorist attacks against the United States — this really is total nonsense. But on the other hand, it is a warning sign — a warning sign that Iran is taking aim at Israel, is looking for excuses to lash out at Israel, and therefore we need to have our finger on the pulse and be at the highest state of alert,” Steinitz told Kan public radio.
The minister stressed that it was Israel that needed to be on alert these days, and especially on Jan. 3, the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Iranian senior commander Qasem Soleimani by the United States.
