Why did he talk to al-Jazeera and why wasn't he more careful?

And this is a guy our Prime Minister chased after to be in his party and in his cabinet. Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy Dan Meridor told Al Jazeera that Iran never vowed to "wipe Israel off the map," as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed.Speaking to the Arab network, Meridor, who also serves as deputy PM, said Iran's leaders "all come basically ideologically,