08/11/2010 11:23
Israel calls on the U.S. to threaten Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the United States to recognize the policy of economic sanctions ineffective, declaring that only the threat of use of force may urge Iran to stop establishment of nuclear weapons, reports RIA Novosti reports, citing the Reuters.
"The economic sanctions complicate the life of Iran, but there isn’t any signal that the Islamic regime to suspend its nuclear activities," said Israeli Prime Minister on the meeting with the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in New Orleans.
"The only way to be guaranteed that Iran will not create nuclear weapons is convincing the Islamic state, to use a military force towards it, if the latter will not cease the nuclear race," said B. Netanyahu.