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By Ariel Zirulnick, Staff writer / February 29, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to take a harder line on Iran in next weeks meeting with President Obama in hopes of pressuring the United States into making more decisive pronouncements on its potential responses to Irans nuclear development.
Haaretz reports that, according to an unnamed Israeli official, Mr. Netanyahu wants more than the "vague assertion that 'all options are on the table.' " He wants Mr. Obama to publicly state that the US is prepared for a military operation against Iran should the country cross certain red lines.
But White House officials say Netanyahu will go home empty-handed. The Los Angeles Times reports that Obama has no intention of making any policy shift toward Iran and that he believes the current US strategy diplomacy and increasingly strict sanctions is taking a toll on Iran.
A more explicit military threat is not helpful, senior White House officials told The Times. While Washington's red line is Iran acquiring a nuclear bomb, Israel's threshold is lower: Iran merely acquiring the knowledge and industrial means to build a nuclear bomb.
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