Munich, Feb. 18 (TNS): Israel’s prime minister has launched a stinging attack on Iran, telling a security conference in Munich it is the “greatest threat to our world”.
Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would “not allow Iran’s regime to put a noose of terror around our neck”.
Mr Netanyahu drew a parallel between the 1938 Munich Agreement, seen as a failed attempt to appease Nazi Germany, and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
He said the deal had only “unleashed a dangerous Iranian tiger”.
“We will act without hesitation to defend ourselves and we will act if necessary,” he said, “not just against Iran’s proxies that are attacking us but against Iran itself”.
Mr Netanyahu accused Iran’s foreign minister and representative in Munich, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is due to address delegates later on Sunday, of being the “smooth-talking mouthpiece of Iran’s regime… [who] lies with eloquence”.
He said Iran was falsely denying that it sent a drone into Israeli territory last week which was shot down by Israeli forces.
Holding up a remnant of what he said was the destroyed drone, he addressed Mr Zarif directly: “Do you recognise this? You should, it’s yours. You can take back a message to the tyrants of Tehran: Do not test Israel’s resolve.”
