Netanyahu: What Is True of Syria True for Iran

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"Israeli" Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that "not words, but deeds and results" are what matters as regards Syria and Iran.

He further stated that sometimes a choice must be made between "bad and worse."
"We signed a peace agreement with Egypt and Jordan, and we are trying to reach an accord with the Palestinians." However, he said, "We are in the middle of a regional earthquake the likes of which has not been seen since the establishment of "Israel": missiles, and cyber, and weapons of mass destruction."

Regarding the agreements between the US and Russia over Syria's chemical arsenal, Netanyahu said that "We hope that the understandings between Russia and Syria bear fruit, and that indeed, they stand the test of the result: the complete destruction of all of the stores of the chemical weapons that the Syrian regime has used against its citizens."

"The test of the result also applies to the diplomatic efforts by the international community to stop Iran's nuclear arming," he added. "Here, too - words will not be what determines things, but deeds and results. "Israel" has to be ready to defend itself, by itself, against every threat, and this preparedness is more important now than it has ever been," Netanyahu said.

Speaking later as he stood next to visiting US Secretary of State Kerry, Netanyahu said: "The world needs to ensure that radical regimes don't have weapons of mass destruction because, as we've learned once again in Syria, if rogue regimes have weapons of mass destruction they will use them."
"If diplomacy has any chance to work it must be coupled with a credible military threat," he said. "What is true of... Syria is true of Iran."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team