JERUSALEM (JTA) — Austria’s defense minister called Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s participation in the government "unbearable."
In an interview published Sunday in the Austrian daily Die Presse, Norbert Darabos said "honestly, the fact that Minister Lieberman is a member of the Israeli government is unbearable."
Darabos also called Israel’s threats to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities "unnecessary," since "Iran can’t build a bomb yet."
He said an Israeli attack on Iran "would spark an uncontrollable fire in the region and will create solidarity and empathy for Iran in the Arab world and the world at large."
Darabos said Israel complained about Iran and the Palestinians’ unwillingness to come to the peace table in order to shift focus from "internal social issues."
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