Prime Minister Ariel Sharon praised the determination of US President Bush and his administration in its drive to rid the world of Saddam Hussein. "If, in the 1930's," Sharon said at a Likud Knesset faction meeting today, "there had been a leadership so determined to fight dictatorial regimes, it is likely that we, the Jewish Nation, would not have had to pay [the price of the Holocaust]. At times like these, it is important to realize that."
MK Yuval Shteinitz (Likud), who was officially voted in as Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today, said today that it's not true that the U.S. has threatened not to give Israel advance warning of the assault on Iraq. Israeli media reported today that the "abundant chatter" by IDF and government officials about when the war would start had angered the U.S., which decided as a result to "punish" Israel. Shteinitz said, "I met yesterday with a senior American official, and he did not give the slightest hint that there was a problem… I also don't think that the generals spoke too much; it was rather the headlines in the newspapers that made all the noise. In truth, it is only natural for Israelis to take great interest in the war and when it will be…"
MK Yuval Shteinitz (Likud), who was officially voted in as Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today, said today that it's not true that the U.S. has threatened not to give Israel advance warning of the assault on Iraq. Israeli media reported today that the "abundant chatter" by IDF and government officials about when the war would start had angered the U.S., which decided as a result to "punish" Israel. Shteinitz said, "I met yesterday with a senior American official, and he did not give the slightest hint that there was a problem… I also don't think that the generals spoke too much; it was rather the headlines in the newspapers that made all the noise. In truth, it is only natural for Israelis to take great interest in the war and when it will be…"