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| Netanyahu, in apparent |
| 2020-01-07 |
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile. "My bad. I meant nukular" Israel is widely believed to have an atomic arsenal but has never confirmed or denied that it has nuclear weapons, maintaining a so-called policy of ambiguity on the issue for decades. Netanyahu stumbled at the weekly cabinet meeting while reading in Hebrew prepared remarks on a deal with Greece and Cyprus on a subsea gas pipeline. "The significance of this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear power," he said, before quickly correcting himself to say "energy power". He then paused for a beat, acknowledging his mistake with a smile, and then ploughed on with his comments. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 Lest the neighbors forget. Sorta like parental throat clearing. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-01-07 08:25 |
| #1 BFO |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-01-07 07:28 |