Thursday, 2 April 2009

Netanyahu's challenge for Obama

The Israeli Prime Minister,Benjamin Netanyahu lays down a challenge for Barcak Obama in an interview with Atlantic magazine.

“The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons,”

On the second issue,he tells Jeffrey Goldberg that he Iranian nuclear challenge represents a “hinge of history” and added that “Western civilization” will have failed if Iran is allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

Interesting words and on the eve of taking office Netanyahu has clearly drawn a line in the sand over what he feels are the priorities for Israel

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