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Israeli Opposition Leader Lapid Calls on Gov’t to Strike Iranian Oil Fields

© AP Photo / Ohad ZwigenbergIsrael's opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a rally against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Israel's opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a rally against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.10.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israeli parliamentary opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on the government to target Iran's oil fields in a retaliatory strike, as it would have a negative impact on Tehran’s economy.
"We should start with the oil fields," Lapid told The Jerusalem Post newspaper on Tuesday.
The newspaper recalled that the United States is concerned that such a strike would impact global oil prices, which could harm the US economy in the critical final weeks before the presidential election in November.
"I’m in disagreement with the American administration. I don’t think it will raise significantly the oil prices in the world five minutes before an election," Lapid said, adding that it is possible to negotiate increased oil production with other producing countries such as Saudi Arabia.
Iranian-made missiles are displayed in front of the Azadi (Freedom) monument in the annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.10.2024
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