Netanyahu uses ‘Iran threat’ for political ends: Meretz chief

TEHRAN,June 17(MNA) – Meretz chief Zehava Gal-On criticized on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rohani, accusing him of using the “Iranian threat” as a way to distract the Israeli public from real domestic problems, the Jerusalem Post reported. Netanyahu said in Sunday’s cabinet meeting that he was unimpressed by new Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s ‘moderate” credentials. “Netanyahu is not allowing reality to mix up and frustrate his plans to attack Iran,” Gal-On said. “The Iranian threat is used as a flag by Netanyahu, to wave any time that he wants to distract the Israeli public from real problems that exist in Israel. The election of the moderate Rohani… is… a blow to the extremist leadership in Israel, who will find it difficult to convince the world to attack Iran and will be forced to use diplomatic means, to which it is not accustomed, to end conflicts,” the Meretz leader said.