Netanyahu calls for ‘confrontation’ with Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introducing a presentation to the UN that was widely mocked last week
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that a confrontation with Iran would be “better now than later” as he ramped up the threat of war.
Mr Netanyahu accused Iran of supplying the Syrian government with advanced weaponry he said posed a danger to Israel.
Iranian assistance to the Syrian army in its war against Islamist rebel groups has led to Iranian soldiers in Syria being targeted by Israel in repeated bombing raids.
Syria has not retaliated to the periodic assaults on its territory, but its air defence systems shot down an Israeli F-16 warplane in February, prompting fury in Tel Aviv.
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