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July 17th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
Mr Netanyahu on Sunday renewed his threat to take unilateral military action
to halt Iran’s nuclear programme, disparagingly referring to Rouhani as “a
wolf in sheep’s clothing” who would “smile and build a bomb”.
“We’re closer than the United States. We’re more vulnerable. And
therefore, we’ll have to address this question of how to stop Iran, perhaps
before the United States does,” Mr Netanyahu said on CBS News’s Face
the Nation.
“They’re edging up to the red line. They haven’t crossed it yet,”
the Israeli premier said, referring to the point at which Iran would be able
to make its first nuclear weapon.
“They’re getting closer and closer to the bomb. And they have to be told
in no uncertain terms that that will not be allowed to happen.”
Israel is the Middle East’s sole but undeclared nuclear power.
Iran for years has been at loggerheads with world powers over its nuclear
drive, which Western nations and Israel believe is aimed at developing an
atomic weapons capability. Tehran insists its nuclear programme is entirely
peaceful.
The Iranians offered some encouragement on Wednesday when the foreign ministry
promised to resume talks with world powers on its controversial nuclear
programme once Mr Rowhani has been sworn in and a new negotiating team
formed.
Edited by Alex Spillius for The Telegraph.
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