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Title: Israel's Livni urges US to step up Iran sanctions
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israels-livni ... -iran-sanctions-144931484.html
Published: Dec 3, 2011
Author: http://news.yahoo.com/israels-livni-urge
Post Date: 2011-12-03 13:52:59 by tom007
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Israel's Livni urges US to step up Iran sanctions AFPAFP – 3 hrs ago Email Print Save this List Related Content Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni, seen here in August 2011, has urged US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta to ratchet up sanctions against Iran "without delay," according to a statement from her Kadima party. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon) Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni, seen here in August 2011, has urged US Defence … Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni urged US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta to ratchet up sanctions against Iran "without delay," a statement from her Kadima party said on Saturday. It said that the two met in Washington on Friday. Israeli media said that the meeting took place before Panetta delivered a speech urging Israel to break out of growing regional "isolation" by repairing diplomatic ties with Egypt and Turkey, and renewing peace efforts with the Palestinians. "The world needs to stop Iran," the Kadima statement quoted Livni as telling Panetta. "Stronger, tougher sanctions are required without delay." Israel and much of the international community fear that Iran's nuclear programme masks a drive for a weapons capability. Tehran denies any such ambition and says the programme is for peaceful civilian energy and medical purposes only. In his comments on Friday to the Brookings Institution's Saban Centre for the Middle East, a Washington think-tank, Panetta vowed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, saying the Obama administration had not ruled out possible military action. But he warned of the potential downside of any strike, which he said could actually strengthen the Tehran regime while not necessarily destroying all targets. The Pentagon chief said he understood Israel's anxieties over turmoil in the Middle East but said the Arab Spring offered an opportunity for the country to forge a more secure place in the region. It was crucial for Israel to reach out and "mend fences" with countries such as Turkey, Egypt and Jordan that share an interest in regional stability, said Panetta, who issued similar appeals in a visit to the region in October. Israel also needed "to lean forward on efforts to achieve peace with the Palestinians," Panetta said. Livni said that neutralising Iran and making peace with the Palestinians were both factors for Middle East stability. "The struggle against a nuclear Iran, and renewed movement in negotiations with the Palestinians will strengthen the pragmatic camp in the region," she told Panetta. @yahoonews on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook
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#1. To: tom007, 4 (#0)
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson If anything we should impose sanctions against Israel for being such war- mongering assholes. Ronald Dumbsfeld should be tried and hung for the War Criminal he is.
Livni exists to put a pretty face on hate, bigotry, murder, and war. She is no different than any of her psychotic male counterparts and psychotic war criminals. She should be tried and hung like any other war criminal.
bttt
Yes. The world needs to stop Israel.
Both Israel and US need a serious, world-wide, intervention. Otherwise, the world will soon enough be toast. Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson
#2. To: tom007 (#0)
Israel's Livni urges US to step up Iran sanctions
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#3. To: Lod (#1)
#4. To: tom007 (#0)
#5. To: Original_Intent (#3)
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#6. To: FormerLurker (#2)
If anything we should impose sanctions against Israel for being such war- mongering assholes.
#7. To: Pinguinite, 4 (#6)
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