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Israel pushing for Iran nuclear sanctions

Israel tries to jump-start calls for Iran nuclear sanctions

By Glenn Kessler and Janine Zacharia

Washington Post Staff Writer
March 9, 2010, Israeli officials are beginning to signal impatience with the slow pace of diplomacy aimed at restraining Iran’s nuclear ambitions.In Jerusalem on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stressed the need for the international community to join a U.S. sanctions push aimed at limiting Iran’s nuclear program. He suggested the Iranian leadership’s days could be numbered if it continues to seek nuclear capability……

The Obama administration had said that after a year of outreach to the Islamic Republic, it would get tough in 2010, promising “crippling sanctions” on Iran. U.N. sanctions were to be enacted quickly, followed by European Union sanctions and then even tougher unilateral sanctions by a group of like-minded countries. But Chinese objections have blocked action at the Security Council, and the United States has yet to float a draft resolution.

Israel tries to jump-start calls for Iran nuclear sanctions – washingtonpost.com

March 10, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons