PM: Iran will ruin ‚Arab spring‘ hopes for democracy

23.03.2011                      17.Adar ll, 5771

Rede in der Knesset:

PM: Iran will ruin 'Arab spring' hopes for democracy

Netanyahu tells Knesset plenum that West should treat Iran as it treats Libya; calls for Abbas to come to Jerusalem, halt incitement.

The world community should put pressure on Iran at least equal to the pressure that it is currently applying to Libya, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told MKs during an address to the Knesset on Tuesday evening.
After being forced to address the plenum by a petition signed by 40 opposition MKs, Netanyahu delivered a lengthy address that focused on Israel’s position in the international arena, with particular emphasis on unrest in the Arab world and on Israel’s relations with the Palestinian Authority….