By Jeremy Herb - 02/22/12 12:39 PM ET
Israel's foreign minister on Wednesday said it's not the business of
the United States whether his country decides to attack Iran.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that warnings from the United
States and Russia about an attack would not affect Israel's decision-
making.
"[It] is not their business," Lieberman said in an interview with an
Israeli TV station Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.
"The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of
Israel, this is the Israeli government's responsibility," he said.
Lieberman's comments come after Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin
Dempsey said Sunday that an Israeli attack would be "destabilizing"
for the region.
President Obama has said that the United States will not allow the
Iranians to obtain a nuclear weapon, but Israeli officials say their
country's existence is threatened by a nuclear Iran. The Israelis have
suggested they might attack Iran to stop its nuclear program with or
without U.S. assistance.
Iran says that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but
Israel, the United States and their allies believe Iran is striving to
create a nuclear weapon.
U.S. officials have pushed Israel to wait for sanctions against Iran
to have an impact on the country that could convince the Iranians to
abandon their nuclear pursuits.
U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon just returned from a visit
to Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
other top Israeli officials.
Netanyahu and Obama have a meeting scheduled March 5 at the White
House while Netanyahu is in the country for the AIPAC convention.
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