Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded Monday to a 9-step plan to eliminate Israel posted by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday.
Netanyahu warned that an impending deal over Iran's nuclear program negotiated among the P5+1 (permanent members of the United Nations Security Council) does not take into account the violent and inflammatory rhetoric emanating from the Iranian regime.
"He is publicly calling for the annihilation of Israel as he's negotiating a nuclear deal with the P5+1 countries," Netanyahu said. "There is no moderation in Iran."
Netanyahu slammed efforts to reach a 'deal' with Iran, citing the Iranian regime's failure to cooperate with UN nuclear inspectors and dishonesty in disclosing information regarding its nuclear weapons program.
"It is unrepentant, unreformed, it calls for Israel's eradication, it promotes international terrorism, and as the IAEA report just said, it continues to deceive the international community about its nuclear weapons program," Netanyahu said. "This terrorist regime in Iran must not be allowed to become a nuclear threshold power. I call on the P5+1 countries: don't rush into a deal that would let Iran rush to the bomb."