(Ynet).The world needs to stop wasting time and must join forces to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, Intelligence and Atomic Energy Minister Dan Meridor says.
"The time is now. There is no more time to waste, and that's not only the Israeli perspective, it's much more general," Meridor told Reuters Saturday.
"When they decide exactly this or exactly that is a good question but it's not the main question," he said. "The trend is clear and if you want to be an owner of nuclear weapons or have the capability of being a nuclear power it changes the balance of power."
Meridor noted that he was hoping for a concerted international effort and was not referring to the need for a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.
"I'm not speaking of military action. I don't want to give any word that would be misinterpreted," he said. "I intentionally put this issue in its broader context."
"Of course there is a special case in Israel because Iranian leaders say…that Israel is not legitimate and should not exist, and one sees the building up of weapons, not to speak of the meaningful involvement in terror all over the place," he said.
"The time is now. There is no more time to waste, and that's not only the Israeli perspective, it's much more general," Meridor told Reuters Saturday.
"When they decide exactly this or exactly that is a good question but it's not the main question," he said. "The trend is clear and if you want to be an owner of nuclear weapons or have the capability of being a nuclear power it changes the balance of power."
Meridor noted that he was hoping for a concerted international effort and was not referring to the need for a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.
"I'm not speaking of military action. I don't want to give any word that would be misinterpreted," he said. "I intentionally put this issue in its broader context."
"Of course there is a special case in Israel because Iranian leaders say…that Israel is not legitimate and should not exist, and one sees the building up of weapons, not to speak of the meaningful involvement in terror all over the place," he said.