What did Netanyahu really say to Martin Indyk?

Wikileaks cables from that very day pour further doubt on Netanyahu’s alleged remarks to Martin Indyk about slain PM Yitzhak Rabin.

Is former US Mideast envoy Martin Indyk lying about statements he alleged Binyamin Netanyahu made to him during the funeral ceremony for assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, or is Netanyahu just trying to cover up an embarrassing revelation from the past?

Previously classified US government cables may be able to shed some light on the controversy – cables sent by none other than then-Ambassador Martin Indyk on the very day he claims Netanyahu made the alleged comments.

“Netanyahu sat next to me when I was ambassador in Israel at the time of Rabin’s funeral,” Indyk claimed in a PBS interview on Wednesday, during which he issued a number of attacks against the current Israeli PM. “I remember Netanyahu saying to me: ‘Look, look at this. He’s a hero now, but if he had not been assassinated, I would have beaten him in the elections, and then he would have gone into history as a failed politician.'” For the full article click here 

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