THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: 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.” » | Robert Winnett, , David Blair and Adrian Blomfield | Tuesday, October 16, 2012
