Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran has not yet crossed the red line Tel Aviv set on its nuclear program.

Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran has not yet crossed the red line Tel Aviv set on its nuclear program.

“Iran remains the number one threat,” Netanyahu said Thursday at the last session of the annual year-end meeting in the Foreign Ministry for the Israeli ambassadors serving abroad.

“There is a chance for positive change in the region if that country was prevented from getting a nuclear weapon,” he said referring to the Islamic Republic.
The prime minister added that in the short term he expected regional tribulations to continue.

During a speech at the UN in September, Netanyahu drew a red line on a picture of a bomb signifying when Tehran would be 90% on the way to development of a bomb. He said Iran would not likely pass that line until the spring or summer.

“And this will give more time for sanctions and diplomacy to convince Iran to dismantle its nuclear weapons program altogether," Netanyahu added on Thursday.

The Israeli PM also addressed the Palestinian issue, saying Hamas could take control of the Palestinian Authority "any day," and therefore "concrete security arrangements" must be included in any peace agreement, as well as recognition of the Zionist entity as the “state of the Jewish nation,” an end to the "right of return" and a sincere declaration on the end of the conflict.