Topic: Benjamin Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Wednesday for stronger sanctions on Iran than those imposed this week by the United States, Britain and Canada to try to curb its nuclear ambitions."Iran is developing nuclear weapons. If anyone had ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the full extent of Iran's nuclear program was not reflected in a recent U.N. report, which said that Tehran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb."Iran is closer to getting ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the West on Monday to convince Iran that it would be willing to take military action to prevent Tehran from producing nuclear weapons.Addressing a U.S. Jewish conference, Netanyahu said economic sanctions ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sanctions against Iran are biting and the United States remains convinced non-military action could pressure it to end its nuclear development programme, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Vice President Joe Biden on ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has snubbed UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano who is on his first visit to Israel, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Tuesday.Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had asked to meet with Netanyahu months ago, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a U.N. declaration that urged his country to put its nuclear facilities under U.N. safeguards, saying it singled out Israel while letting Iran off the hook.In an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and AbroadExcerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:April 10The Denver Post on the expected political battle with the next U.S. Supreme Court nominee:The retirement of Supreme ...

Netanyahu's decision to cancel Washington trip shines spotlight on Israeli nuclear programIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to abruptly cancel a trip to a nuclear conference in Washington spotlighted a key sore point Friday in international nonproliferation efforts: Israel's own atomic weapons.The ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dropped plans to attend an international nuclear summit in Washington next week and will instead be represented by Intelligence and Atomic Energy Minister Dan Meridor, Israeli government officials told AFP early Friday.The officials, speaking on condition ...

Lyndon Johnson, seen here during a 1968 cabinet meeting with Robert McNamara, did his best to keep Israel from acquiring nuclear weapons. After mentioning the obvious (that "a nuclear Iran is not in the best interests of the United States," though nor ...