Netanyahu referred to the cartoon bomb when he held up the maps, pulling out a red marker and drawing a line showing a planned trade corridor stretching from India through the Middle East to Europe.
"Economic coercion by China is the most persistent and pernicious tool in their toolbox," Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan, said during a speech in Tokyo, triggering a backlash.
The UAV has an operational range of 2,000 km (1,240 miles) and can fly for up to 24 hours, state media reports, adding that its payload could reach 300 kg (661 pounds), double the capacity of the Mohajer-6 drone.
If Netanyahu had listened to what the Saudis told him 10 years ago, and would have carried out the required steps – and he knows exactly to what I’m referring to – he would be proud today of the most significant achievement by an Israeli leader since Begin and Rabin.
If Israel's rejection of allowing enrichment in Saudi Arabia means the derailment of normalization deals, so be it. Israel should seek a deal that overcomes the problematic Saudi demand for an independent fuel cycle on the one hand, and minimizes the damage from the nuclear understandings with Iran on the other hand.
