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<\/a>His speech before the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 will long be remembered for his drawing of a bomb that appeared to come straight out of a Roadrunner cartoon. He was trying to stress that Iran was, and is, edging ever closer to being able to produce a nuclear weapon \u2013 a clear existential threat to the world\u2019s only Jewish state.<\/p>\n
This year, as the newly elected, ostensibly \u201cmoderate\u201d and apparently charm-laden Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, embarked on a public relations blitz aimed at western media and western leaders, Netanyahu came to New York and gave an equally memorable, if slightly less flamboyant, speech.<\/p>\n
He warned the global community in no uncertain terms that Israel cannot stomach a nuclear Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons,\u201d Netanyahu said in his Oct. 1 address, the last by a world leader at this year\u2019s opening of the General Assembly. \u201cIf Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone, but in standing alone, Israel will know we are defending many, many others.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also warned against trusting Rouhani to keep his word when he promises full transparency on the nuclear file.<\/p>\n
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