Israel's prime minister thinks that world powers are being too soft over Iran's nuclear program, AP reports. Netanyahu spoke Tuesday at a security conference at Tel Aviv University.
"After several rounds of talks, the Iranians were only asked to stop low
level enrichment of uranium," Netanyahu said. "They are proceeding all
the time with their plans to develop nuclear bombs."
The Jerusalem post, that carried a live-stream from the INSS conference reports, that Netanyahu said it is not enough for Iran to stop
enriching uranium to 20 percent. Uranium enriched to 3.5% is "a lower
number," but represents a "large proportion of the uranium" that Iran
possesses and which could be used for a bomb.
In essence,
Netanyahu argued that removing 20% enriched uranium would reduce the
quality of Iran's uranium, but that when it comes to producing uranium
for a bomb, quantity is very important.
Meanwhile, Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported that Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to "act independently" if negotiations
between the West and Iran fail.
The newspaper quoted Netanyahu as
saying that the "best scenario" would be for the Americans to do the
job, "but if it became clear" to his government that there would be no
results from the international efforts, "we will have no choice but to
do what is necessary to protect the Jewish people and the population of
the State of Israel."
In a formal statement from the Prime Minister's Office, Netanyahu
said that Israel reserves the right to work against the Iranian threat.
He has not, however, "made a decision yet".
