Ex-Israeli defense minister says Iran planning nuclear Holocaust as regime censored over atomic program

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JERUSALEM — Amid allegations leveled against the Biden administration that it is placating the Islamic Republic of Iran’s drive to build a nuclear weapon, former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tehran seeks a nuclear Holocaust targeting the Jewish state.

Lieberman, a member of Israel’s parliament (Knesset), told Israel's Army Radio Tuesday Iran is "planning a Holocaust for us in the next two years."

"We are in the midst of an Iranian extermination program," Lieberman said. "Israel will be attacked with the aim of destroying it from several fronts with tens of thousands of missiles at the same time."

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A day after Lieberman’s comments, Israeli Brig. Gen (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, the former head of the research division in the Israel Defense Force’s Military Intelligence, told the Israeli TPS news service, "The Biden administration wants to avoid any confrontation with Iran. They are afraid that if they move into confrontation, confrontational Iran may actually move towards having a bomb. But maybe [Iran’s leaders] believe that Trump is going to become the next president. They might actually try to break out a bomb now.

"They have enough material to produce the fissile material that is necessary for three bombs within a month."

This week saw a flurry of regulatory,