{"id":3460,"date":"2012-11-06T04:31:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T10:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2012-11-06T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T20:40:00","slug":"report-netanyahu-barak-ordered-preparation-for-iran-strike-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/report-netanyahu-barak-ordered-preparation-for-iran-strike-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Netanyahu, Barak ordered preparation for Iran strike in 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM (JTA) &#8212; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the Israeli military in 2010 to prepare for an attack on Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites, according to an Israeli television station.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu gave the order during a meeting with what is known as the cabinet of seven, or the security cabinet, Israeli journalist Ilana Dayan reported. Israel&#8217;s Channel 2 noted the command during a promotion Sunday night for the season premiere of Dayan\u2019s one-hour weekly documentary program, \u201cFact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program, which airs Monday night, will look at Israel\u2019s decision-making process regarding an attack on Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi Ashkenazi and Meir Dagan, the Israel Defense Forces&#8217; chief of staff and Mossad head, respectively, at the time, told Dayan that the order to go to a level &#8220;P Plus&#8221; &#8212; code for preparing for a military strike &#8212; was an attempt to circumvent acquiring the approval of the full Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Dagan reportedly said that &#8220;the prime minister and defense minister were trying to &#8216;hijack a war.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ashkenazi reportedly responded that the Israeli military lacked the operational capability to carry out such a strike.<\/p>\n<p>Since their retirements, Dagan and Ashkenazi both have publicly stated their opposition to an Israeli strike on Iran.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Report%3A%20Netanyahu%2C%20Barak%20ordered%20preparation%20for%20Iran%20strike%20in%202010\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[449,184,8781,8790,8795,8788,674],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3462,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}