Netanyahu alleges Iran plotted to assassinate Trump over nuclear tensions
Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has alleged that Iran’s leadership actively sought to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump. In an interview with Fox News aired on Sunday, Netanyahu claimed that Tehran’s Islamic regime identified Trump as “enemy number one” due to his hardline stance against Iran’s nuclear program.
Netanyahu stated “They want to kill him. He’s enemy number one.” Pointing to the U.S. president’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement and authorization of the drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, Netanyahu remarked "He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak."
During the interview, Netanyahu also claimed that he himself had been targeted by the regime while making a reference to an incident in which a missile struck the bedroom window of his residence. Describing himself as Trump’s "junior partner" in confronting Tehran, he claimed that both leaders had faced serious threats for opposing Iran’s ambitions to develop nuclear weapons.
Netanyahu further claimed his country faced an immediate and growing threat from Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. He claimed that Iran was accelerating both its uranium enrichment and missile production. He called Iran an existential danger to Israel. According to his claim, Iran’s expanding arsenal and producing thousands of ballistic missiles annually which is capable of delivering heavy warheads at high speeds directly into Israeli cities.“No country can sustain that and certainly not a country the size of Israel, so we had to act,” he said.
Defending his government's actions the Israeli prime minister stated “Negotiations with the terrorism-sponsoring regime are going nowhere,” he said.
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Govt will bring new laws with stringent measures to prevent illegal sale of liquor: K'taka Minister
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Excise Minister R B Timmapur on Tuesday told the Assembly that the state government will bring in new laws with stringent measures aimed at preventing illegal sales of liquor.
Pitching for stricter action against persons involved in selling Chloral hydrate powder, which is used to make illicit liquor, he said efforts are being made to bring it under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
"For 60-65 years no new laws have been brought in. Because the punishments are not stringent such illegal and criminal activities are happening. Measures are being taken to bring in new laws under a committee headed by retired IAS officer K P Krishnan. We will bring in strict actions under them," Timmapur said.
He was replying to Raichur Rural Congress MLA Basanagouda Daddal during the Question Hour.
Stating that efforts are underway by the Excise and Police departments to control illegal liquor sales and register cases, he said, "Chloral hydrate powder is dangerous for humans, it is brought in small packets to make large quantities of illegal liquor from neighbouring Andhra."
He said that Chloral hydrate powder is not covered by the NDPS Act, adding that it should be brought under it.
The state government will be sending a recommendation to the Centre in this regard.
"If things don't happen, we will bring in a new law and take strict measures," he added.
