Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Aug. 1, 2012. (Xinhua/GPO/Moshe Milner)
Benjamin Netanyahu: Sanctions On Iran Are Not Working -- The Telegraph
Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up pressure on the United States to take military action against Iran by openly declaring that the Obama administration's strategy of sanctions against Tehran was not working.
With America's visiting defence secretary, Leon Panetta, standing next to him, the Israeli prime minister criticised US policy towards Iran in the bluntest terms, demonstrating the growing gulf between the two allies.
"However forceful our statements, they have not convinced Iran that we are serious about stopping them, he said. "Right now the Iranian regime believes that the international community does not have the will to stop its nuclear programme."
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