The Jerusalem Post published an article devoted to the Israeli stance on the Iranian nuclear programme."Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s discussions in China shifted from the purely economic to the Middle East on Thursday, as he told China’s President Xi Jinping that a nuclear Iran would threaten the free flow of oil through the Hormuz Straits," the author of the article Herb Keinon writes.
"Netanyahu chose to stress that particular danger during his meeting with Xi because of the degree to which the energy-thirsty Chinese economy is dependent on oil that travels through the narrow straits. According to an official in the prime minister’s entourage, Netanyahu told Xi that in the current struggles taking place in the Middle East, China – like Israel – has an interest that the “more moderate, non-fanatical” side should win."
"Iran, Netanyahu said, tilts the balance to the other side, and does not only endanger regional peace and security, but also the oil flow. He said that if the Islamic Republic without nuclear arms was willing to support terrorism and back the overthrow of governing regimes, then one could only imagine what they would do with a nuclear umbrella. There is only one thing the Iranians have not yet done, he said, and that is block the flow of oil through the Hormuz Straits. According to this logic, such a move would be more likely if Iran acquired nuclear weapons because it would be less prone to retaliation," the article reads.
"Netanyahu’s meeting with Xi capped a four-day span during which the prime minister spoke with arguably the three most powerful men on the planet: Xi, United States President Barack Obama, who he spoke by phone on Tuesday and Russian President Vladimir Putin – their conversation took place on Monday."
