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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert distanced himself Sunday from a Cabinet minister’s suggestion that Israel will be forced to attack Iran.
A spokeswoman for Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz said he had not been expressing government policy.
Mofaz set off an international uproar over the weekend by saying in a published interview that Israel will have “no choice” but to attack Iran if it doesn’t halt its nuclear program. Olmert’s spokesman, Mark Regev, did not explicitly reject Mofaz’s comments. But he said Olmert clearly stated Israel’s policy last week.
Olmert had called for tighter international sanctions and warned that a more “effective” solution was drawing closer but would not elaborate.
