Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Sunday warned that Israel’s north is unprepared for war and called for a large budget increase by the security cabinet in order to address the problem.  “The best situation is in the south, in the area around the Gaza Strip; the worst situation is in the north,” the defense minister said, speaking at a conference held by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.  In an

onstage interview, the defense minister said that Israel would neither allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon nor let the Islamic Republic entrench itself in Syria.   “We’re not just saying it, we mean what we say,” he said. Liberman was also asked about a planned mass protest along the security fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, amid current tensions with terrorist organizations in the coastal enclave.  READ MORE


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