Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday. Uriel Sinai/Reuters
Israeli Leadership Denies Divisions On Iran, After Army Chief Made A Stir -- Christian Science Monitor
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak insisted that Iranian leaders are not rational, rebutting comments made earlier in the week by IDF chief Benny Gantz.
Israeli leaders scrambled to present a united front on Iran yesterday, after Israel's army chief earlier this week appeared to contradict the government's assertions that Iran poses an imminent threat to Israel's existence.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Iranian leaders are not "rational in the Western sense of the word – connoting … the peaceful resolution of problems" and said that to believe anything different "borders on blindness or irresponsibility."
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