Netanyahu compares Iran, ISIL and Hamas to Germany’s Nazis

Israel’s prime minister has warned the United Nations that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a far greater threat than the armed group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which he compared to the Palestinian group Hamas.

Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu described Iran, ISIL and Hamas as part of a single team, and compared them all to Germany’s Nazis in World War II.

“The Nazis believed in a master race, the militant Islamists believe in a master faith,” Netanyahu claimed. “They just disagree who among them will be the master of the master faith.”

“Make no mistake, [ISIL] must be defeated, but to defeat [ISIL] and leave Iran as a threshold nuclear power is to win the battle and lose the war.” Netanyahu claimed again.

He also ridiculously claimed that ISIL and Hamas are “branches of the same poisonous tree” and likened Israel’s deadly bombings of Gaza to US-led airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

Iran, which is negotiating with Western powers to end economic sanctions, has strongly rejected allegations that it is developing the capability to produce atomic weapons. Iran Supreme Leader also said that it is forbidden in Islam to produce atomic weapons and we never do it.

Netanyahu is expected to raise the same concerns when he meets with US President Barack Obama on Wednesday.

In his speech, Netanyahu claimed “Iran’s nuclear military capabilities must be fully dismantled” adding that the goal of a charm offensive by Iran’s “smooth talking president and foreign minister” was to get international sanctions lifted “and remove the obstacles to Iran’s path to the bomb”.

He twice referred to the “Islamic State of Iran,” which would appear to be a deliberate play on the country’s official name – the Islamic Republic of Iran – and Islamic State, which is often referred to as ISIL or ISIS.

Netanyahu referred to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech to the 193-nation General Assembly last week, in which he accused the West and its allies of nurturing ISIL.

Rouhani said he supported efforts to combat ISIL, a Salafi, Wahhabi armed group that views predominantly Shias, Sunnis and Christians as heretical, though he said it should be handled by the region, not countries outside the Middle East.

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