Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States and the world on Monday to impose "crippling restrictions" on Iran to prevent it from improving a nuclear weapon. Interviewed by George Stephanopoulos on the American Broadcasting Firm's " excellent Morning America" program, Netanyahu stated, "If you cease Iran from importing refined petroleum -- that's a fancy word for gasoline -- then Iran simply doesn't have refining capacity and this government comes to a halt." Such a sanction has received vocal support from members of the U.S. Congress yet not from President Barack Obama.

The prime minister added, "There's a coalition of the willing and you can have very powerful sanctions. I judge this is a minimal requirement correct now to not really to send messages however to actually create this regime start to make choices. Since right now they feel they don't have to make choices. They understand that the spotlight is on them but they're not doing anything.