Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel wants 'crippling sanctions' against Iran

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Quote:After talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit to Germany, he said: "There is not much time.

"I think the most important thing that can be put in place is what the US secretary of state [Hillary Clinton] called crippling sanctions. It is possible to put real pressure, real economic pressure, on this regime if the major powers of the world unite."

Even if the United Nations Security Council fails to approve tougher sanctions against Tehran over its sensitive nuclear work due to opposition from Russia or China, a "coalition of the willing" could enact its own measures, he added.

Mrs Merkel said that if Iran failed to meet international obligations by next month, then "more serious steps" including energy sanctions would have to be considered.

Widely considered to be the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear armed power, Israel suspects Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear programme - something Tehran denies.

Israel considers the Islamic republic to be its main foe following repeated statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Jewish state is doomed to be "wiped off the map".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ainst-Iran.html