In Tel Aviv University address, PM compares fundamentalist Islam to North Korea, reiterates demand for more pressure on Iran
November 19, 2013, 7:17 pm
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a French-Israeli technology
innovation summit in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, November 19, 2013 (photo credit:
Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu in a speech Tuesday contrasted progressive Israel with the
“oppressive” aspirations of radical Islam, which he claimed was
attempting to take humanity back to the “Dark Ages.”
“What we see here today is the future,” Netanyahu said in introductory remarks at an event at Tel Aviv University that was also attended by French President Francois Hollande.
“Radical
Islam wants to take us to the past,” he said. “We march toward the
future; they, to the Dark Ages. We aspire to open our society to
everyone — men, women, minorities, to the right to be different. They
want oppressive uniformity, rigid doctrine.
“And they
want to support all this with weapons of mass destruction,” he added,
alluding to Tehran’s alleged attempt to produce nuclear weapons. “We
cannot allow them this. I think it would be a grave mistake to repeat
the mistakes made with North Korea, another closed society with tough
and aggressive doctrine.”
Further on in his speech, Netanyahu returned
to the subject of Iran’s rogue nuclear program and his firm,
oft-reiterated stance on the recently resumed talks between Tehran and
the West. A new round of discussions is set to ensue in Geneva on
Wednesday.
“In the case of Iran, there is a great
opportunity, and it would be a mistake to give up on Iran when they have
every reason to respond to the pressure leveled against them,” he
stated. “Instead of giving in to their charm offensive, it’s important
that they surrender to the pressure exerted on them until they abandon
the nuclear weapons program.”
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