Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continued on Monday his campaign to get the US and the world to lay down a "red line" for Iran, telling a group of wounded US and Israeli veterans that the clearer the line, the less likelihood there will be of bloodshed.
Netanyahu said Iran, which he characterized as a "brutal regime," is galloping forward with its nuclear program because it does not see a "clear red line from the international community. And it doesn't see the necessary resolve and determination from the international community."
The greater the resolve, and the clearer the red line, he said, the less will be the chance of conflict because the Iranians will be more likely to back off.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and President Shimon Peres also made apparent references to the Iranian threat while speaking at the Israel Defense Prize ceremony held at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.
Barak said that during these complex times, Israel is required to to act with judgement, responsibility and decisiveness. He asserted that Israel was facing complex challenges "from near and far" and "must be willing to make decisions, and to act on them if need be."
During his speech, Peres said that Israel is not threatening anyone, nor is it afraid of threats voiced against it. The president "suggested" to Israeli's enemies they they "make no mistake regarding our capabilities, both known and unknown.
"Israel can repel any threat whether it comes from near or far," he added.

By HERB KEINON. Jpost.com staff contributed to this report

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