Israel demands embargo on Iran oil, even without UN okay

Great post Don! My sentiments exactly. It's time Israel truly joined the international community in a pro-active way rather than pretending to be the victim.

the israeli government is too self-centered and arrogant to consider anything other than its zionist goals. and even more of late, it seems that there is absolutely no to the depth of its hypocrisy.

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for an immediate embargo on Iran's energy sector, saying the United Nations Security Council should be sidestepped if it cannot agree on the move" I would have thought that Israel would be the LAST country on earth to promote the idea that a UNSC veto can - No! Must!! - be sidestepped. After all, no other country on Earth benefits as much from an automatic veto in the UNSC, so it is somewhat *ahem* ironic that this same country should be shrilly pointing out to anyone that will listen that recalcitrants can be dragged out from under that protective veto. After all, what happens if the rest of the world makes a habit out of doing that? Ans: Israel could very well be next in line for the same sort of shakedown.

Arab legal/historical rights to land comes from the fact that they have been there for centuries, they have more claim as Semitic people to that land than Russian/European settlers and immigrants who automatically gain citizenship because of their religion, their legal rights derive from the fact that many still have the keys to their houses, the deeds to their property and the status as refugees. And stop trying to kid people, the hatred between Jews and Arabs is mutual, last time i checked there is no universal Arab charter, you are talking about the charter of a democratically elected party in Gaza, and remember it’s not ok to say that Palestinians can be treated like dirt and can be killed because other people somewhere in this world act just as barbarically, take responsibility and stop pretending to be the only "democracy" in the ME there is nothing democratic about state sanctioned theft and discrimination, Zionism is the supremacy of Jews and the inferiority of gentiles

That's what the movie ingloriuos Bastards is revisionist history entertaining but not factual.

Aron threatened "`...we`re all fed up`. Will you be as fed up when Iranian rockets hit the West?" Trying to play the fear card with threatening an Iranian rocket attack on the West? Yawn. Lived my whole life with multiple Russian nukes pre-programmed with coordinates pointed directly at my city. Wasn't afraid then. Not afraid now of any stupid Iranian rockets. I don't think that Israel understands that The West has been under much, much, MUCH worse threat in the past than any threat Iran poses. Stop trying to play the fear card. It just makes you sound small and reactionary.

Un Resolutions do. "Unfortunetly you Don don`t know the history of Israel. The UN Charter in 1948 gave the West Bank to Israel."Zalman you are pretty slim on the subject yourself zalman. Un charters are not the mechanism by which states are created ---Un Resolutions are. In this case it was UNGAR 273 based on the partition plan envisaged in res 181. Nowhere is the west bank given to Israel. Fact is the highest court in Israel still views the WB as "held under Belligerent Occupation" ergo not sovereign Israeli territory. Get some after hours edu Zalman---you need it. You will habe to expunge all that false knowledge first to make room for the facts.

Unfortunately, Don does know his history, and you appear not to... 1948? No, it was 1947. Charter? No, it was a Resolution. Gave Israel the West Bank? Again, no, sorry - wrong again. Give it a read. Do you realise just how little you know, and how you appear to the world when you refute others facts and replace them with your myths?

The UN charter does not address the borders of Israel. Those borders were established by warfare and settlement. All the 1948-66 maps I've seen show the WB as external to Israel. Please cite any UN document that supports your position. The WB was clearly part of Jordan from 1948-1966. True, many Pal refugees whose land was stolen moved to the WB, but it was never part of Israel. Most of your comments about the "Palestinians" are also ridiculous, but, regarding the return of the refugees, I agree. I don't agree with either side completely. It would be foolish to return 100,000's (not all Pal refugees have this claim) of Pals with just cause to hate Israel to live in Israel. For a just peace, Israel will have to pay reparations for land taken from the refugees after the 1948 war. What conceivable difference does it make what the Pals were "called?" You're wrong, but its irrelevant.

israel is smaller than the state of New Jersay and the population is smaller that New York City israelis think that the whole world gets instructions from Netanyahu and co. Well you are insignificant in the cheem of things. You should cut your ego to size. Live with it.

A natural gas pipeline (to an unreliable supplier like Russia) somehow doesn't look like a replacement for crude oil from Iran. As for the Saudis, if you really believe that the Saudis let you have their oil for free in return for protection, I have shares in an offshore oil field in Tajikistan you might be interested in. European petrol prices are so high because of the huge amount of taxes paid on top of the real price, which are, yes, designed to improve energy efficiency and to foster the development of alternative energy resources, at least when they are being justified politically. In reality, they are mostly designed to take the money of the citizens in a way which is relatively independent of the economic situation. However, it will take many decades before that significantly reduces our dependency on oil imports. Let's not even talk about electric cars (which are still as insignificant in Europe as they are in the US today)? Horse carriages? Having a little joke, are we

Unfortunetly you Don don't know the history of Israel. The UN Charter in 1948 gave the West Bank to Israel. The Jordanians moved into the West Bank area and held that area until 1967 whe Israel took the area back. 500,000 Arabs living in the Palistinians area fled to the West Bank and were put into camps by their own Arab brothers and not allowed to move into Jordan. The Palistinians were not called that until 1966. There are now 5 million Palistinians wanting to move back into Israel. Can a country the size of NJ handle that many? Especially a people who have pledged too destroy Israel.

All of you anti Israel people are missing the point. All it would take too destroy Israel is 2 nukes. Israel has had nuclear weapons for 30 years and the means to deliver. Every major Arab nation would be hit before Israel is vaporized. Ahmadinajad is also going too target Europe as he has said. If you are an atheist and don't believe the Bible you have nothing too worry about. The prophacy is taking place.

Demanding the Europeans to put an embargo on Iran because of its nuclear ambitions? Ok. So please anybody give the Europeans a list of essential goods from nuclear armed Israel which should be under embargo starting from now - even without UN okay?. It that might happen Israel will immediately appeal to the UN !!!

You've got the right idea. In many ways, look at what happened to the old USSR. Too much on military and little or nothing on economic growth WILL lead to failure.

FIRST: Russia is currently pulling a natural gas-pipe from St.Petersburg through the bottom of the Baltic sea to Germany,from where the pipe will be extended to other European countries willing to buy Russian gas. SECONDLY: the U.S. produces 30% of its oil and imports the rest 70% FREE OF CHARGE from Saudi-Arabia;the deal betw.Roosevelt and the Saudis is in exchange for the PROMISE of the U.S. military intervention in case the Saudis ever will fall under an aggression of any hostile country.This is the reason for the cheap U.S. petrol price,whereas the price of petrol is 4 times more expensive a liter in EU;NOTE:an Am gallon is 4 liters(!)than one gallon in the States. Therefore alternative energy sources are rapidly being invented in Europe;electric cars already in use and even horsecarriages are back,return to coal and turning garbage(methane they develop)into energy,ground energy,solar energy,wind energy,making fuel out of wheat,corn; all are already used.

I didn't know anyone was forcing Israel to buy Iranian oil.

I didn't know Israel had that big a navy. When it impounds those Iranian supertankers, where will the oil go? When it impounds te smaller tankers, where will the gasoline and other refined products go? How will this differ from the tanker war of the 80s or the Somalis?

Israel is proposing sanctions not accepted by the UN Security Council. Good idea. The vetoes of the permanent members of the SC have long frustrated world efforts to deal with a number of problems around the world. Countries aligned with these members are often shielded from UN action. The most salient example of this is Israel. No country in the world (except Israel) accepts that Israel has any claim on the WB (including E Jerusalem) and Gaza - even the US has recently characteized the WB settlements as "illegitimate." Unfortunately, the US has blocked all efforts to enforce international law against Israel with its SC veto. Otherwise, Israel would no doubt be the most sanctioned country in the world. The World needs to be able to act collectively against misbehving states even if they have the protection of a SC permanent member. I hope Israel succeeeds in imposing such sanctions on Iran. Once the precedent is set, Israel should be the next target.

Since when has Israel had any respect for International Law - settlements in occupied territory are a violation of article 49 of the fourth Geneva Convention. Israel apparently has its own interpretation of International Law.

It is really funny, to be honest, to read people believe that only the Europeans will have a problem in this case because they are the foremost customer of Iranian oil. The world oil market is one market as far as the price is concerned. If Iranian oil falls away, Europe will have to compete for Saudi and Gulf oil with the US. There nowadays is just enough oil to meet demand, but the spare capacities the world always had for increasing demand are gone. What do you think will happen to oil prices worldwide if demand outgrows production worldwide and to gasoline prices in the US? Also you speak nonsense about the amount of Iraqi oil (more then the Saudis and Gulf states together? Maybe in your dreams) and the Russian capability to increase production. They already are at their top. Wishfull thimking and mot reading the facts is my guess.

The Palestinians/Arabs in the West Bank have exactly the same right, to live in a free and independent state, as the Jewish people have the right to live in a free and independent state in the "real Israel" (more or less within the borders of pre 1967). That is exactly how I see it, and that is pretty much how the whole world community (including Israels best friends) see it.....

"A strike on Iran seems inevitable". On the contrary an israele strike on Iran nuclear facitities without USA help or approval. The USA has 160 thousand troops in Afgan and Iraq. Both countries border Iran. Iran can make life miserable for the USA. Just recruting willing Jehadists alone and sending them across the border to Afganistan let alone Iraq makes a war in the country known as the graveyard of empires a nightmare. Many believe the USA can't win there as it is. As for oil, Russia a few years ago cut of European Gas, as many were scrounging for scraps of wood to stay warm. And as for Saudi Arabia Kuait etc etc.The may not like Iran and probably fear them but suggesting they will go against a fellow OPEC member in my opinion is a reach. IN my opinion that is why th US and Israel are franticaly working on sanctions that bite. Lets hope diplomaticly Iran changes but lets also hope Israel changes. TOO bad Bibi and Lieberman are in charge

throw more and more money at nuclear energy... the people still dont have jobs and you continue to subsidize gasoline (pathetic for a net exporter of energy)... one day your defiance will bite you in the arse

Reading the first 16 comments posted here, they divide neatly into belligerent Israel-über-alles bigots and people with a little more visible connection to this funky thing called "reality." If Israel starts a war with Iran - or anybody else - don't expect the Americans (or anybody else) to come rushing to bail you out. The greatest threat to the continued existence of Israel - is Israel.

HE, HE, HE. The very phrase has me rolling around the floor in convulsions.

How come they havent hit us with their chemical and Bio weapons yet ?

'...we're all fed up'. Will you be as fed up when Iranian rockets hit the West?

When Nasser tried to cut off Israel's petroleum supplies in 1967 the result was a PREEMPTIVE war waged by Israel. Bibi now offers Iran the same possiblity by demanding that Iran's gasoline be blockaded. Oil blockades against Japan by the USA were one of the prime causes of WWII. Come on Bibi, the world is not going to support a war on behalf of Israel which has a reputed 200 nuclear weapons. Iran has every right to enrich uranium under the Non Proliferation treaty that it signed but which Israel has refused to sign.

Air Force capability of deterrence over such a highly explosive and sophisticated system as that of Iran today. PossIbly even the Israelis themselves are not sure. Therefore 'sanctions with teeth' are preferable until further authentic covert information is to hand. Then maybe we shall see some action, who knows....

the Iranian oil can easily be replaced by the Russian oil. Currently the Russians are even building gas-pipes in order to satisfy Europe*s gas-consumption in future. Then of course also Saudis, Kuwait, Dubai have oil, not to mention that Iraq*s oil resources are bigger than all the other Arab countries* put together! I think nothing would help Iraq back to its feet faster than buying its oil. We all want to support Iraq*s re-construction work, don*t we! Sanctioning Iran would help Iraq. Every cloud has a silver lining.

Israel believe all their foolish wishes can come true, with America blindly supporting them. Israel is insane with envy over Iran's tremendous oil wealth and rapid advancement in modern technology. What Israel have is given to them; what Iran has came from the fruits of their labor.

... in all kinds of threatening ways and manners! We're all fed up!

No it's not fair. Tell us please what are the legal and historical rights of the Palestinian/Arabs to the Jewish Homeland and Jerusalem as its capital? Answer please if you can. That Arabs hate Jews is well-known since the Very Beginning. Why share a Homeland with people who hate you that even their Charter calls for your Destruction? No, it's not fair at all. Thank you.

Since day one as a P.M. he failed in every venture he tried to deal with. He should know that the world does not listen to someone who authorises assasinations.israel is loosing credibility and you know it.

Iran's energy sector, irregardless of the UN, it should also ignore NATO and unilaterally impose sanctions against Iran's energy sector... perhaps an Israeli naval embargo of Iranian ports/shipping would make the rest of the world climb down from the fence they are sitting on.

I'm not a fan of Ahmedeinejad, but I'm not a fan of Bibi's extremist government either. I don't particularly want Iran to have nukes, but I do want Israel out of the West Bank. I don't see why Europe should pay the high financial costs of sanctions against Iran, when Israel seems determined to do nothing to help bring peace to the Middle East. Probably 90 per cent of Europeans feel pretty much the same, which is why the drive to sanctions is dying on its feet. Here's a hint Bibi. You want sanctions on Iran, start dismantling the apparatus of occupation and oppression. Until you do, don't waste our time.

No sane government can allow a state sponsor of terrorists with proxy armies and cells scattered throughout the world mass produce nuclear weapons. Regime change will come soon. T

Embargo Iran oil will have a damaging consequences on car fuel here in Europe which already very expensive, so please find something else to Banned

Fair is fair, isn't it...???

that it is unlikely that there will be a UN mandate for further sanctions against Iran. Looks like he is regretting promising war in his election campaign.

Over 7 years ago, Iran started on its facility outside Qum. Seven years later the IAEA verified it's an empty hold in the ground, a mineshaft, and incomplete at that. At the rate they're going, 10 facilities might be ready by 2110. It's the mineshaft gap writ large. Better designate those Israeli politicians with pure enough essences to qualify for mineshaft duty.