Netanyahu at UN issues 'nuclear' threat to Iran, later retracted

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : But I don't think that Netanyahu was planning to advertise his nukes at the UN," Gowan said.-
43% : Richard Gowan, who follows the United Nations for the International Crisis Group, said it was not uncommon for leaders to misread speeches.
40% : "Above all -- above all -- Iran must face a credible nuclear threat.
40% : As long as I'm prime minister of Israel, I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said.
37% : A protestor chants slogans during a demonstration in front of the US embassy building in Tel Aviv, as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets President Joe Biden in New YorkIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned Iran at the United Nations of a "nuclear threat" in what his office quickly walked back as a slip of the tongue.
37% : US President Joe Biden, in a key section of his General Assembly speech on Tuesday, warned that giving in to Russia on Ukraine would abandon the principles of the United States when he meant United Nations.
30% : Tehran denies seeking a nuclear bomb but has breached limits on uranium enrichment set in a US-brokered 2015 deal following former president Donald Trump's withdrawal from the agreement and reimposition of sweeping sanctions.
21% : Netanyahu, who has repeatedly used the UN stage to issue dark warnings about Tehran, briefly gave pause at the General Assembly when he appeared to threaten nuclear attack if Tehran pursues its own atomic bomb.
18% : No 'veto' by Palestinians -Netanyahu also said in his speech that Israel and the Arab states were united by feeling a threat from the "tyrants of Tehran" -- the Shiite clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979.

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