JERUSALEM, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged the international community to stop "appeasing Iran" and unite against the Islamic republic.

Speaking at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting, the hawkish leader called on world leaders to "unite in the fight against terrorist organizations."

"What we are seeing is that while Iran is sending terrorist cells to Europe, European leaders are appeasing - and reconciling with - Iran, in the same week that the terrorist cells were due to carry out their operations, which we helped thwart," he said.

"This is unacceptable," he added.

The Israeli leader said that the time has come for Western governments to join "the strong and clear effort" against Iran by the U.S. administration led by President Donald Trump.

Israel sees Iran as its top threat and has carried out dozens of airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria over the past years.

Netanyahu is a vocal opponent of the 2015 landmark nuclear deal signed by six major world powers with Iran, which aims at curbing Iran's nuclear program. But Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal in May, while reimposing economic sanctions against Iran.