Jerusalem World News

Evans:             How do you see the current Iranian nuclear situation?

Netanyahu:      Iran could inspire three hundred million Shia to a religious war—first against other Arabs, then against the West. They don’t hate you because of us; they hate us because of you. They don’t hide the fact that they intend to take on the West. We have to have our eyes on the two objectives: one, to take care of Iran, especially Iran’s part in Lebanon and Gaza; and two, deal with Iran’s nuclear missile program. Iran must not arm itself with weapons of mass destruction.

Evans:             We have proxies that are attacking your country, and no one is using the word “Iran” any longer. Is it possible that if America sleeps that America could be experiencing proxies coming across our borders?

 Netanyahu:     Up until now, nuclear weapons have been in the hands of responsible regimes. You have one regime that apparently has them now in North Korea. There aren’t a billion North Koreans that seek to inspire a religious war. That’s what Iran could do. It could inspire the two hundred million Shiites. That’s what they intend to do—inspire them into a religious war, first against other Muslims, then against the West.

                       They say we are the “Small Satan” and that America is the “Great Satan.” Europe is the “Middle-Sized Satan.” It is important to understand that they could impose a direct threat to Europe and to the United States—and to Israel, obviously. They don’t hide it. They don’t even hide the fact that they intend to take on the West.

Evans:             On 9/11 you spoke to the nation and you described 9/11 as a “wake-up call from hell.” What would America look like and what could happen to our nation if Iran goes nuclear?

Netanyahu:      Iran has said in unequivocal terms that first of all its target is Israel and they do it with a particular brand of malevolence because they deny that the Holocaust took place—the murder of six million Jews—while they’re openly declaring their intention to create another holocaust to destroy the six million Jews of Israel. Number one, Israel could be in great jeopardy. Number two, so will everybody else. And number three, of course, is the ability of Iran to use its nuclear arsenal and its missile arsenal to threaten Europe and the U.S. directly.

                        You can’t count on the ayatollahs of the world, armed with nuclear weapons, to back off. They often prefer their zeal over their survival. This is a different ideology; it is a different threat. Iran must not be allowed to be armed. It is the new barbarians who are seeking the weapons of mass death, and we have all been forewarned. This is another wake-up call. That’s all it is.

EVANS:         Are saying there is an Islamic faction that would prefer a mushroom cloud in Israel and America, a world without Zionism and America, and that somehow they think we are all going to submit to Islam?

Netanyahu:      That’s what they want; it’s not a preference. It’s like they are ordered to do it. This is the danger of this creed. It’s not a choice; it is almost like an order from Allah. That’s why these people are willing to commit suicide. This is probably the first time that such a mad militancy on a global scale would seek to acquire weapons of mass death.

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Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com).