Israeli PM calls on world to be wary of Ahmadinejad

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday called on the international community to be wary of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, local newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Speaking to businessmen and investors in Tel Aviv, Olmert said Ahmadinejad's remarks on Israel which "has openly called for the destruction of another country" are unacceptable.

"We won't repeat mistakes committed 60 years ago," Olmert said, referring to the world's failure to take seriously threats by the Nazis to annihilate Europe's Jewry in the lead-up to World War II.

"The responsible, moral and visionary world ... cannot continue to live with a reality where a country's leader says there is a need to wipe out a country that is a member of the United Nations like Israel," Olmert denounced.

On Friday, the Iranian president said at a Teheran rally that Israel no longer had any reason to exist and would soon disappear.

Meanwhile, Olmert pledged to continue his effort in dealing with Iranian nuclear issue in a bid to prevent the Islamic Republic from becoming a non-conventional nuclear power.

Israel considers Iran a great threat to its existence and rejects Tehran's claim that its nuclear program is peaceful.

Source: Xinhua