{"id":322030,"date":"2026-01-23T07:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=322030"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:09:34","slug":"lieberman-calls-for-immediate-preparations-against-future-iranian-missile-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=322030","title":{"rendered":"Lieberman Calls for Immediate Preparations Against Future Iranian Missile Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran\u2019s missile strike destroyed training center for Israeli military pilots: Report<\/a><\/p>\n

Gabriel Colodro \u2013 TheMediaLine.org Jan 21, 2026 <\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u201cThe Iranians have already proven that they know how to strike strategic targets,\u201d opposition MK Avigdor Lieberman said during Israel Beiteinu faction meeting, opening a warning that Israel must begin preparing now for a future Iranian attack rather than assuming the next confrontation will resemble the last.<\/p>\n

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Israel’s former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Lieberman argued that the recent fighting removed any remaining doubt about Tehran\u2019s operational reach. Iranian ballistic missiles, he said, were not fired indiscriminately. \u201cThey didn\u2019t hit random places. They knew exactly where to aim,\u201d he said, pointing to the precision with which strategic sites were targeted during the 12-Day War.<\/p>\n

He cited the strike on the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot as a concrete example. The institute, one of Israel\u2019s leading research centers, was hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, destroying laboratories and years of scientific work. Research programs in areas such as cancer and cardiac regeneration were wiped out, setting back projects that had taken years to build. Lieberman said the damage highlighted how civilian research infrastructure has become a target. \u201cThese are strategic interests of the State of Israel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Lieberman, the lesson is not limited to missile interception or retaliation. Preparation, he argued, must include advance decisions about what needs to be protected, moved, or dispersed. \u201cWe need to be smart,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are strategic interests that should be evacuated, protected, and relocated in advance.\u201d Waiting until after another strike, he warned, would only repeat the same mistake. \u201cWe cannot ask afterward why we didn\u2019t do this earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lieberman cautioned against assuming continuity between past and future conflicts. \u201cThe next confrontation will not look like the last one,\u201d he said, arguing that Iran and its proxies are constantly adapting their capabilities and methods. Treating the last war as a template for the next, he added, risks leaving Israel unprepared.<\/p>\n

He linked that warning directly to the experience of the recent war. \u201cWe saw what happens when preparation is incomplete,\u201d Lieberman said. \u201cWe saw the cost when strategic assets are left exposed.\u201d The issue, in his view, is not whether Israel can respond after an attack, but whether it is willing to take preventive steps before one.<\/p>\n

Lieberman rejected suggestions raised in recent days that Israel could rely on regional actors or external arrangements in confronting Iran. He dismissed proposals that place responsibility on other countries, saying Israel cannot outsource its security decisions or assume that another state will contain Tehran on its behalf.<\/p>\n

He then returned to the question of a postwar inquiry and again ruled out any framework other than a state commission. Lieberman said that anything else would avoid examining decisions taken at the top. When asked about alternative models, he dismissed them outright, saying they would not address responsibility at the political and strategic level.<\/p>\n

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Former minister of military affairs of Israel Avigdor Lieberman admits that Iranian missiles inflicted painful losses during the 12-Day war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":311154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322033,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322030\/revisions\/322033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/311154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}