David Cameron has personally warned Israel not to take military action against Iran for “now”, he disclosed last night.
In a speech to members of the Jewish community in London, the Prime Minister said he would not tolerate a “nuclear-armed Iran”. But he added that he had told Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to give sanctions more time to work.
Mr Cameron told the annual dinner of the United Jewish Israel Appeal: “I have said to Prime Minister Netanyahu that now is not the time for Israel to resort to military action.
“Beyond the unpredictable dangers inherent in any conflict, the other reason is this: at the very moment when the regime faces unprecedented pressure and the people are on the streets, and when Iran’s only real ally in Syria is losing his grip on power, a foreign military strike is exactly the chance the regime would look for to unite its people against a foreign enemy.
“We shouldn’t give them that chance.”
But he added: “In the long term, if Iran makes the wrong choice, nothing is off the table. A nuclear armed Iran is a threat to Israel. And a threat to the world. And this country will work unwaveringly to prevent that from happening.”
Speculation has been growing that Israel plans an imminent military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, possibly during the American presidential campaign.
Yesterday, the Pentagon confirmed that the US and Israel would undertake their largest joint air and defence exercise this month. British forces will also participate in the three-week “Austere Challenge”, details of which are cloaked in secrecy.
But Mr Cameron cited growing evidence to suggest that sanctions against the regime were beginning to have an impact.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, pledged to increase the “peaceful pressure” on Iran with a tightening of them.
A meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg agreed further steps after negotiations earlier this year failed to resolve the confrontation over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran continues to enrich uranium in breach of six United Nations resolutions, a process that could be used to make the fissile core of a nuclear weapon.
The new measures ban most transactions between EU and Iranian banks. They also forbid any EU member state from exporting metals including aluminium and steel to Iran.
Israeli officials said they welcomed yesterday’s decision, but warned that sanctions had not yet stopped Iran enriching uranium.
and does anyone think they will take any notice whatsoever of Cameron ?
If Israel attacks Iran is does not fight only in iran. when usa and eu controlled afgnistan , then they can take controll over iran? it was only taliban in afganist one grup, but remember iran is acountry and iran maked more then 300 small grup in iraq with kurdish region syria and lebanon also one part of afganist and pakistan and saudia . iran like snake …
just econmy fight change this regim because much people with out work and things expensive in market,
Israel's P.M. Netanyahu…Don't listen to the Brit's, the U.S.A. or any other country telling you what to do about Iran. Other countries who are telling you NOT to take Iran as a REAL threat to your sovereign country have 'hidden agendas'…Netanyahu, go with your "Gut Feeling" if you don't…it'll be to late! Good Luck!
great britian is the last country on earth Israel should listen to, it was great britian that tried to destroy Israel in 1945-48.
He nicely forgot to explain he is a puppet for the Zionist also about how many Muslims are in the country by design