Europe will only “wake up” to the Iranian threat when Iranian nuclear weapons are falling on the continent, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, lashing out at the EU for saying it will not sanction Iran for its recent breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal, Jerusalem Post reports.
The EU’s reaction, he said, “reminds me of Europe’s appeasement in the 1930s. Then as well, there were those who buried their heads in the sand and did not see the approaching danger. Apparently, there are those in Europe who will not wake up until Iranian nuclear missiles fall on Europe. But then it will be too late.
In any event, Netanyahu said, Israel “will continue to do everything we need to do to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons.”
“The response by the European Union to the Iranian violations [of the nuclear deal] reminds me of the European appeasement of the 1930s,” Netanyahu said in the Hebrew-language clip. “Also then, there was someone who buried his head in the sand and didn’t see the approaching danger,” Netanyahu said, Times of Israel reports.
“It seems that there are those in Europe who won’t wake up until Iranian nuclear missiles fall on European soil, and then, of course, it will be too late. In any case, we will continue to do everything necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons,” added to the prime minister.
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