Shimon Peres 2 years ago: I stopped Netanyahu from attacking Iran, and you can talk about it when I’m dead Townhall.com Staff | Posted: Sep 30, 2016 2:36 PM Share Tweet Shimon Peres, the former Israeli president and prime minister who died Wednesday at 93, told The Jerusalem Post two years ago that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "was ready to launch an attack" on Iran, and "I stopped him." Read more at Politics Login to VIP or Join VIP to Comment FTC Threatens to Sue Company Allegedly Revealing Sensitive Data on Abortion Madeline Leesman Alec Baldwin Sticks to His Absurd Excuses for Not Being Responsible for Hutchins’ Death Julio Rosas Not Even This Fellow RINO Wants Liz Cheney to Run for President Rebecca Downs Biden Builds a Border Wall, Just Not the One Americans Want Leah Barkoukis Media Tries to Dunk on DeSantis Over Teacher Shortage—Gets Schooled Instead Mia Cathell California City Names August as ‘Transgender History Month’ Madeline Leesman CARTOONS | AF Branco View Cartoon Most Popular Ex-Gorsuch Law Clerk Takes a Blowtorch to the Imaginary Law Violations the FBI Cited in Trump Raid Media Tries to Dunk on DeSantis Over Teacher Shortage—Gets Schooled Instead FTC Threatens to Sue Company Allegedly Revealing Sensitive Data on Abortion