Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli jets — reports President Barack Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli jets in 2014 if they were sent to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, a Kuwaiti newspaper reports.
The Arabic-language Al-Jarida newspaper cites “well-placed” sources in its report on Saturday.
According to the report, Netanyahu decided in consultation with Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, as well as top security and military commanders, to strike Iranian nuclear sites. The decision came, according to the newspaper, after Israel discovered that the United States and Iran were set to sign an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program following secret negotiations.
Israeli fighter jets practiced for the mission, including flying into Iran’s airspace without being detected by radar, according to the report.
An Israeli minister revealed the plans to Kerry, leading to the Obama threat to shoot down Israeli jets before they reached their targets in Iran, according to Al-Jarida. The source indicates that the minister was Liberman.
Netanyahu aborted the operation in the wake of the threat, leading to the further breakdown of relations between US and Israel, according to the report.
— JTA
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Poster Comment:
This article was referenced in the comments to the VT piece Netanyahu Accuses Obama of Plan to Destroy Israel's Air Force
The Times of Israel article seems to have been deleted but has been web cached.
VT takes the story up a notch, and says that Izzy was going to use nukes delivered from a base in Georgia.