Post date: Aug 12, 2012 9:45:51 PM
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AUGUST 12, 2012) (REUTERS) - Dozens of people gathered on Sunday (August 12) in front of Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak's house in Tel Aviv to protest against any attack on Iran.
Dozens of Israelis attend a protest against war with Iran as their leaders speak about a possible hit.
"We came here to call up-on the government especially to call up-on the defence minister and the prime minister to stop and think to negotiate to follow the International boycott on Iran to cooperate with the U.S and the International community but not attack," said Mosy Raz resident from Tel Aviv.
Earlier on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that most threats to Israel's security were "dwarfed" by the prospect of Iran obtaining nuclear weaponry, which local media reports charged Tehran had stepped up its efforts to achieve.
The comments at a weekly cabinet meeting and the front-page reports in the liberal Haaretz, a frequent Netanyahu critic, and in the conservative, pro-government Israel Hayom came as Israeli debate intensified about whether to go to war against Iran - and soon - over its disputed atomic projects.
The debate seemed to defy appeals by U.S. President Barack Obama, seeking re-election in November, to allow more time for international diplomacy. Tehran says its nuclear ambitions are peaceful and has threatened wide-ranging reprisals if attacked.
In comments also broadcast live by Israeli media, Netanyahu said that all the threats currently being directed against the Israeli home front are dwarfed by another threat, different in scope, different in substance.
Israel's prime minister and defence minister would like to attack Iran's nuclear sites before the U.S. election in November but lack crucial support within their cabinet and military, an Israeli newspaper said last Friday.