Paris 18/12/2008 Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel 1996-1999, After a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, front-runner in next year's Israeli elections called Iran the "greatest historical challenge" the world faces. "We have never had a situation in the history of the world in which a radical regime with a retrograde ideology and apparently no ambitions on the use of force will get access to the weapons of mass death," sayd Netanyahu referring to the prospect of an Iranian nuclear bomb. "a terribly dangerous threshold will be crossed" if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, and urged world leaders to make sure it does not happen." French Foreign Ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier, confirming some details of a report Thursday in the Le Figaro daily newspaper, said EU foreign ministers had discussed earlier this month a "working document" to ease tensions between the Palestinians and Israel. Netanyahu said he made his position on Jerusalem clear to Sarkozy. "We want a united Jerusalem under Israel, with access to the religious sites, to all the three great faiths," he said. "Our position on refugees is also unchanged: We'll seek a solution to the problem of refugees but not in Israel -- we will not entertain refugees, Palestinian refugees, inside Israel." The meeting came two days after the Foreign Affairs Commission at France's National Assembly published a report on Iran, detailing concerns that Tehran could achieve a nuclear bomb sometime between 2009 and 2011. "The coming year or two -- this is the timetable we are talking about -- will be a pivot of history," Netanyahu said. "If Iran acquires nuclear weapons, then a terribly dangerous threshold will be crossed." Netanyahu also met with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, laying out what Netanyahu called a "new approach" that would put more attention on Palestinian economic development. Netanyahu's Likud party is leading in most polls in Israel. |
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