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    Fmr. Netanyahu chief of staff Naftali Bennet weighs in

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Fox News alert -- crucial meeting is about to get underway as the Pentagon.

At the Pentagon as tensions rise between Israel and America.

Over the Iran -- nuclear threat welcome to America live everyone I'm Megyn Kelly.

At this very moment Israeli defense minister Ehud Barack is arriving at the Pentagon for a high level meeting with US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

This comes just days after Ehud Barack warned.

That these nuclear talks going on about Iran.

Do not exempt Iran from attack by Israel.

Israeli leaders fear that last weekend's talks with Iran -- just a waste of time.

Giving Tehran wartime to continue enriching uranium.

Without limitation and now the Israeli prime minister is using words like -- cost to discuss the potential threat here.

Netanyahu -- even going so far as to accuse the Obama administration and others of giving Iran a quote freebie.

When they agreed to more talks late in May.

In -- in Baghdad.

-- -- Bennett is the former chief of staff to Benjamin Netanyahu and a major in the Israeli defense force reserves of talent thank you very much for being back of the program so.

-- Ehud Barack is now at the Pentagon meeting with our Defense Secretary.

Why.

Well I guess the main point Megan is that the talks and Istanbul didn't absolutely nothing.

To stop the centrifuges and Tehran.

What's happening is Iran is using its famous delay -- maneuver tactics to buy time and it's now just bought another six weeks until May 23.

They've tripled the pace of production of high grade uranium.

They're moving rapidly moving their facilities underground so they won't be vulnerable -- Cox they're testing a neutron generators.

These guys are absolutely serious about acquiring a weapon.

And the west at the same time is doing nothing except talking so the bottom line is that America and the west -- fit.

Partial plausible shot plausible threat if we -- one out any chance of stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

And yet -- and yet there is obviously real controversy in the thought of Israel.

And or the United States bombing Iran over its nuclear program -- both sides that participated in these talks with the wrong last weekend Aniston is -- ball.

Described the meeting as quote positive.

So to those who would say that's good let's have another meeting at the end of may and be you know pardon the phrase give peace a chance.

You say what.

Will it seems that the west is sort of like tourist in our Persian bizarre.

A very gullible ones I -- -- tell you what the Iranians -- how the Iranians perceive the west let me -- to the stock quote.

From the main Iranian newspaper.

Canyon and I quote the US keeps backing down from its reds and red lines.

If we plot the US positions autograph that'll show an amazing -- -- plunged.

Of the American administration always setting large goals and then backing down.

And quietly adopting the replacing them with other humbler goals so we set red lines and then two months later the Red Line is gone.

The Iranians can smell or feel that the west is not serious about the sanctions.

Words it as powerful thing that might be are just the rhetoric what we need is action.

Paralyzing sanctions right now not six weeks from that from now but right now.

Our president seems to suggest that we're already having an impact with our economic sanctions and at the Iran -- know very well.

That the threat of more.

Is real and and would cripple them in response to Netanyahu's suggestion that we've given them a -- and giving them another five weeks before we sit down for it round two of that.

Of the talks with Iran this is what Barack Obama our president said this past weekend.

-- -- and and the notion that somehow.

We've given something away or a freebie.

Would indicate that.

Iran has gotten something in fact they've got some of the toughest sanctions that are going to be facing.

Your -- answer.

-- Megan it's not about what -- words we say it's about what Iran actually does they're installing.

Thousands of new centrifuges as we speak.

So clearly they're not very impressed by the words in Washington.

Now it's more than that lately there's been leaks coming out from the American -- administration.

That are limiting that Israel's.

Operational abilities that are.

Hinting that Israel may not have the capacity -- -- That is not what you wanna do if you want to stop Iran if you wanna stop -- they have to feel that there's a plausible -- immediate threat.

Did Tehran's very viability were nowhere near that right now.

And if we want to prevent the need of an attack.

Then we need devastating sanctions right now in Iraq.

All that could be under discussion right now at the Pentagon.

As Ehud Barack and -- -- -- -- enough -- thank you so much for being here with us.

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