Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman was interviewed by the Russian newspaper Kommersant, during which he spoke about confrontations with Russia and Syria in recent weeks."We are not looking for any confrontation with Russia, and on the contrary, in recent years, an open, clear and transparent dialogue has been created with Russia, both when our opinions are compatible and incompatible.
“As far as I am concerned, Assad is a war criminal, responsible for the deaths of more than half a million citizens of his country. But we are not going to interfere in Syria's internal affairs. What we will not tolerate is Iran's attempts to turn Syria into an outpost against Israel. Any attempt by Iran to establish itself in Syria will be thwarted.
“If Assad does not intervene - it would be very wise of him not to, as we do not plan to interfere in Syria's internal affairs. If his forces, his aerial defense systems, open fire against us - we will open fire against them. There is a delicate line between the IDF and the Russian army forces in Syria. We always take into account Russian interests, and hope that they will take into account Israel's security interests.
“If the S-300 systems are not directed against us - that's one thing. If these systems open fire against our planes, we will definitely respond," he said.
Liberman was asked about the documents presented by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the Iranian nuclear program - can this be viewed as proof that there is an unequivocal violation of the agreement by the Iranians?
“If the S-300 systems are not directed against us - that's one thing. If these systems open fire against our planes, we will definitely respond," he said.
Liberman was asked about the documents presented by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the Iranian nuclear program - can this be viewed as proof that there is an unequivocal violation of the agreement by the Iranians?
"Unambiguously, yes ... The published documents unequivocally prove that Iran actively acted not only to enrich uranium but to create nuclear weapons. They simply temporarily froze the program in order to obtain maximum benefit from the agreement so that they could go on later to create nuclear weapons. Moreover, they froze the production of nuclear weapons until they could get maximum benefit from the agreement. "
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