Military action against Iran’s nuclear program
could be averted if the international community sets a clear “red line”
it will not permit Iran to cross, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today.
Netanyahu’s
comments came as the U.S. reportedly is considering making such a
declaration to head off a possible Israeli strike on Iran. President Barack Obama
has said the U.S. won’t allow Iran to have nuclear weapons, while
Israeli leaders have said that Iran even attaining the capability to
make them would pose an existential threat to their country.
“This
is a brutal regime that is racing ahead with its nuclear program,
because it doesn’t see a clear red line from the international
community,” Netanyahu said today at a meeting in his Jerusalem office,
according to an e-mailed statement. “The greater the resolve and the
clearer the red line, the less likely we’ll have conflict.”
Obama
is considering new steps to forestall a unilateral Israeli strike,
including a declaration on what Iranian actions might trigger a U.S
military response, the New York Times reported yesterday.
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