An Israeli cabinet minister has suggested Israel could kidnap Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Former Mossad agent Rafi Eitan hinted in an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that Israel may abduct the Iranian president in order to bring him before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

"It could very well be that a leader such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suddenly finds himself before the International Criminal Court in The Hague," the Minister for Pensioners' Affairs told the German publication in an interview published Monday.

"A man like Ahmadinejad who threatens genocide has to be brought for trial in The Hague. And all options are open in terms of how he should be brought," said Eitan.

When asked if he was serious about kidnapping the Iranian president, Eitan said 'absolutely'.

Belfast Telegraph