Netanyahu slams Iran at start of Europe trip

[TimesSquareCowboy]

Netanyahu slams Iran at start of Europe trip


ROME (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticised Iran on Tuesday as he began his first trip to Europe since taking office, saying the country's current turmoil revealed its "true nature."

"Something very fundamental has taken place in Iran, and the world now sees the true nature of this regime," the hawkish Netanyahu told a joint news conference with his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi.

Slamming arch-foe Iran for "repressing its own people," Netanyahu said: "The courage shown by the people of Iran, in facing bullets on the streets for the sake of freedom, is something that deserves the salute of free men and women everywhere."






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[timeforpeace]

1. Now he says that. What took so long?

[bemildred]

2. No sense of irony, but we already knew that about Bibi. nt

[azurnoir]

3. did we expect anything else from Netanyahu?

with regards to Iran

also from the article

Meanwhile, an Israeli official told AFP in Rome that a planned meeting between Netanyahu and the US special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, had been cancelled.
Instead, Mitchell will meet Monday in Washington with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barack, the official said.
"This delay will enable us to throw light on topical questions which are now hanging in the air and have not been resolved," he said, without elaborating.

It seems that Barack has already spoken

Barak authorizes construction of 300 new homes in West Bank

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095031.html