Israeli official calls Iran 'dangerous ticking bomb'

Israel’s ambassador to the United States said today that Iran was becoming a “very, very dangerous ticking bomb” and urged the world to take a more active role in forcing Iran to give up its uranium-enrichment program.A National Intelligence Estimate issued by U.S. agencies in December concluded that Iran suspended its nuclear arms program in 2003, but the Bush administration has stressed that the report confirms that Iran had a program and continued desire to build nuclear weapons.

Sallai Meridor, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., echoed the Bush administration call that Iran remains a serious threat, but he also upped the ante in making a comparison to the international community’s slowness to head off Adolph Hitler in the 1930s.

“The writing is on the wall like in the ‘30s,” Meridor told defense reporters in Washington. “It’s not hidden, it’s stated. Everybody who doesn’t close his eyes can see it. Everybody that is not deaf can hear it. The world should act and act now and not repeat the terrible mistakes that it made in the past.”It’s important to note that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called Israel a rotten state, has declared that the nation needs to be obliterated, and has expressed doubt about the Holocaust.

As you may tell Israel and Iran are going through tough times now but Israel is taking it to the next level. They believe Iran should be wiped off the face of the face of earth. Israel is comparing Iran to Hitler and comparing Iran's actions to the Holocaust.


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Israel to Boycott Iran

DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) — Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni appealed to the global political and business elite gathered in Davos on Thursday to make the personal decision to pull out of Iran and isolate the Islamic republic.

"Iran is a global threat. And Iran can be stopped by you. You can make the change," Livni told the corporate chiefs and politicians attending the World Economic Forum...

Arguing that Iran's nuclear ambitions threatened "the entire global community," she appealed to the delegates' personal sense of responsibility.

Widely considered to be the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear power, Israel suspects Iran of trying to develop atomic weapons under the guise of its nuclear programme -- a charge that Tehran denies.

Israel considers the Islamic republic its arch-enemy following repeated calls by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for it to be wiped off the map.

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According to this article, Israel has decided to boycott Iran as a result of tension and distrust. Israel views Iran as a "global threat."

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