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February 26, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/25/netanyahu-iran-world-powers-talks/23997863/

Netanyahu: World Powers "Have Given Up" on Stopping Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons

(AP-USA Today) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that world powers "have given up" on stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons in ongoing negotiations. Netanyahu, as well as many in Israel, view a nuclear-armed Iran as a threat to its very existence, citing Tehran's repeated calls for Israel's destruction and its support for groups like Hizbullah. Netanyahu said that the greatest challenge Israel faces is "the threat of Iran arming itself with nuclear weapons with a declared goal of annihilating us....From the agreement that is forming it appears that they (world powers) have given up on that commitment and are accepting that Iran will gradually, within a few years, develop capabilities to produce material for many nuclear weapons." "They might accept this, but I am not willing to accept this," he said.

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