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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBibi lets the cat out of the bag - Israel has nukes! (gasp!)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu-nuclear-idUSKBN1Z40CS
Netanyahu, in apparent stumble, calls Israel 'nuclear power'
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile.
Israel is widely believed to have an atomic arsenal but has never confirmed or denied that it has nuclear weapons, maintaining a so-called policy of ambiguity on the issue for decades.
Netanyahu stumbled at the weekly cabinet meeting while reading in Hebrew prepared remarks on a deal with Greece and Cyprus on a subsea gas pipeline.
The significance of this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear power, he said, before quickly correcting himself to say energy power.
He then paused for a beat, acknowledging his mistake with a smile, and then ploughed on with his comments.
The rare blooper from one of Israels most polished politicians swiftly proliferated on social media.
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Netanyahu, in apparent stumble, calls Israel 'nuclear power'
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile.
Israel is widely believed to have an atomic arsenal but has never confirmed or denied that it has nuclear weapons, maintaining a so-called policy of ambiguity on the issue for decades.
Netanyahu stumbled at the weekly cabinet meeting while reading in Hebrew prepared remarks on a deal with Greece and Cyprus on a subsea gas pipeline.
The significance of this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear power, he said, before quickly correcting himself to say energy power.
He then paused for a beat, acknowledging his mistake with a smile, and then ploughed on with his comments.
The rare blooper from one of Israels most polished politicians swiftly proliferated on social media.
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Bibi lets the cat out of the bag - Israel has nukes! (gasp!) (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jan 2020
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5X
(3,972 posts)1. that was a deliberate reminder to Iran. n/t
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. Accidental my ass (nt)
Mike Nelson
(9,970 posts)3. Him and his...
... "bashful nod." I know the Trumpsters think Crooked Donald is preparing Israel for the return of Jesus, but what is Bibi's game plan?
sinkingfeeling
(51,478 posts)4. Surprise, surprise.
gab13by13
(21,418 posts)5. people should consider,
that it wasn't Putin who advised Trump to take out Saleimani, it may have been Bibi.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,753 posts)6. So what else is new?