Netanyahu, in U.N. Speech, Assails Iran’s New President

Jay Solomon and Carol E. Lee of The Wall Street Journal report on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. They write that Netanyahu “said Israel would take unilateral military action against Iran if it felt the international community wouldn’t act to stop Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons … Mr. Netanyahu challenged Washington’s policy on Tuesday and sought to cast Mr. Rouhani as a fanatical Islamist leader who was no different than his predecessor.” 

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