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An Israeli official on Friday
called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi
Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul “despicable” but said that
cementing ties with Gulf states in the struggle against Iran was
Israel’s overriding concern.
In his remarks to radio station 102 FM, Energy Minister
Yuval Steinitz did not explicitly say whether his views were
those of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which
has been reticent in commenting on the case.
Asked about Khashoggi’s death, Steinitz said: “It was a
despicable action. It’s worthy of all reproach. This was a
civilian, a journalist, not a terrorist.”
He went on to say, however, that Israel’s struggle against
Iran was more pressing.
“We have a threat that can become an existential threat –
the threat of a nuclear Iran, the threat of terror, the threat
of spreading through Syria and Lebanon. And Arab states,
including Saudi Arabia, are our allies in recent years against
the spread of Iran and against the Iranian nuclear threat,” he
said.
(Reporting by Dan Williams and Ari Rabinovitch;
Editing by Angus MacSwan)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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