Maya Shwayder
The Jerusalem Post
October 26, 2013

A mushroom cloud resulting from a nuke.  Credit: r0ckchuck via Flickr
A mushroom cloud resulting from a nuke. Credit: r0ckchuck via Flickr

During a panel at Yeshiva University on Tuesday evening, Sheldon Adelson, noted businessman and owner of the newspaper Israel Hayom, suggested that the US should use nuclear weapons on Iran to impose its demands from a position of strength.

Asked by moderator Rabbi Shmuley Boteach whether the US should negotiate with Iran if it were to cease its uranium enrichment program, Adelson retorted, “What are we going to negotiate about?”

Adelson then imagined what might happen if an American official were to call up an Iranian official, say “watch this,” and subsequently drop a nuclear bomb in the middle of the Iranian desert.

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