(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121015-cameron-130a.photoblog600.jpg)Ben Stansall / Pool via EPABritish Prime Minister David Cameron pushed Israel to give sanctions against Iran time to work, during a speech to a U.K. Jewish charity on Monday evening.By NBC News' Rachel Elbaum and wire reportsLONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Israel on Monday evening not to strike Iran in the immediate future, citing growing evidence that sanctions are having an effect on Iran’s economy.
“I have said to Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu that now is not the time for Israel to resort to military action,” the prime minister said in a speech to a U.K. Jewish charity. “Beyond the unpredictable dangers inherent in any conflict the other reason is this: At the very moment when the Iranian regime faces unprecedented pressure and the people are on the streets, and when Iran’s only real ally in Syria is losing its grip on power, a foreign military strike is exactly the chance the regime would look for to unite its people against a foreign military.”
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