"What you're seeing in the Middle East today in Iraq and in Syria is the stark hatred between radical Shiites -- in this case led by Iran -- and radical Sunnis led by Al-Qaeda and ISIS and others," Netanyahu told NBC's "Meet the Press", referring to ISIL.
"Now both of these camps are enemies of the United States, and when your enemies are fighting each other, don't strengthen either one -- weaken both," said Netanyahu, who was in Israel.
"And I think by far the worst outcome that could come out of this is that one of these factions, Iran, would come out with nuclear weapon capability. That would be a tragic mistake -- it would make everything else pale in comparison."
Netanyahu added: "I think that there are two actions you have to take: one is to take the actions that you deem necessary to counter this ISIS takeover of Iraq, and the second is not to allow Iran to dominate Iraq the way it dominated Lebanon and Syria.
"You actually have to work on both sides -- as I say, you try to weaken both."
Sobering. END
