Israel not planning war with Iran, says Natanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday his country is not planning a war with Iran and that Tehran’s concerns over such a conflict are the result of the threat of additional international sanctions.

“We are not planning any wars,” Netanyahu said, speaking in Moscow after meetings urging Russian officials to approve tougher sanctions against Iran.

In Tehran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel is “seeking to start a war next spring or summer, although their decision is not final yet,” without saying where he got that information. AP