In the wake of the outrageous comments made by the president of Iran to wipe Israel from the face of the world, Israel's Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres says that the UN should expel Iran from the UN, although this is not the "official" policy statement of Israel in reaction to those remarks.
That is unlikely to happen, though, and to be honest, I don't think that's a good idea. Why not? Because of the possible adverse effects on the common Iranian people, and especially the dissidents who already face enough adversity as it is. From what I've been reading and hearing, there is a growing majority of Iranians who are decidely unhappy with their government, and with their governments policies, but who can't (or won't - yet) do anything about their government, due to its repressive nature. Expulsion from the UN might trigger an even more pronounced "Us vs. Them" mindset in Iran (right now, it's mainly the sentiment of the government, not necessarily that of the common people), which could possibly undo the work that the dissidents are doing.
Better than expulsion from the UN is regime change, affected by "outside interests", in support of that growing majority of disaffected Iranians, starting say, sometime after December 15th, maybe?
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