Netanyahu: If we don’t stop Iran going nuclear, ‘the entire world will be held hostage’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that if world powers will not prevent Iran from attaining a nuclear weapon, “the entire world will be held hostage.”

At a pre-Passover toast alongside Mossad chief David Barnea, Netanyahu says that “in every generation, they have tried to destroy us” — quoting a popular Passover song. “In this generation Iran has risen to destroy us.”

“If we do not prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, we will end up in a different reality, where the entire world will be held hostage by a body hell-bent on destroying us.”

His comments come a day after a report claimed that US officials have informed counterparts in Israel, France, the UK and Germany that they were considering proposing a deal in which Tehran would curb nuclear enrichment above 60 percent purity, a step nearing weapons-grade levels, in exchange for sanctions relief.