Netanyahu Worried about World Silence on Iran

April 12, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu chided the international community for what he called “the relative silence in the face of Iranian threats” to destroy Israel, and the Islamic regime's “race towards nuclear weapons.”

"Iran's leaders are rushing to develop nuclear weapons as they freely announce their desire to destroy Israel," Netanyahu said Sunday. "But in the face of these calls to erase the Jewish State from the face of the earth time and time again, we see at best mild protests, and these too seem to be fading," he added.

"We don't hear the forceful protests that are required, we don't hear strong denouncement, or the angry voice," he said. "But as usual, there are those who direct their criticisms against us, against Israel." Netanyahu was speaking as he marked the so called Holocaust.

Speaking before the prime minister, President Shimon Peres also addressed the Iranian threat, stressing that the world could not display apathy.

"It is our right and duty to demand of the nations of the world not to repeat their indifference, which has cost millions of human lives, including theirs. The United Nations must be attentive to the threats of annihilation coming from one of its members, against another member state," Peres said.

Israel, which is not a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and believed to be the sole nuclear power in the Middle East with more than 200 nuclear warheads, will not take part in the Nuclear Security Conference due Monday in the US, fearing pressure to come clean on its ambiguous nuclear program.

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