By John Owen Nwachukwu Former CIA director and US defense secretary, Leon Panetta, has predicted that when sworn in, Donald Trump, w...
By John Owen Nwachukwu
Former CIA director and US defense secretary, Leon Panetta,
has predicted that when sworn in, Donald Trump, will give Israeli Prime
minister, Benjamin Netanyahu a “blank check” in the Middle East, possibly
opening the way for all-out war between Israel and Iran.
According to him, the President-elect, who defeated the
Democrats’ Kamala Harris to win the presidential election this week, and will
take office again in January, would give Israel his blessing on every move.
“With regards to the Middle East, I think he’s basically
going to give Netanyahu a blank check,” he said via the Guardian, UK.
“‘Whatever you do, whatever you want to do, whoever you want
to go after, you have my blessing.’ I mean, he basically said that [before the
election].”
Netanyahu has overseen attacks on Iran and its assets as
part of a growing conflagration since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October last
year.
He and the US president-elect were reported to have spoken
during the US election campaign.
Netanyahu congratulated Trump on Wednesday after Trump’s
victory over Kamala Harris was confirmed.
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