Israeli PM Netanyahu: Deal Based on Iran Agreement Would ‘Threaten the Survival of Israel’
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DEBBIE HILL/AFP/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has warned for months that a nuclear deal with Iran was a decision that would be bad for Israel, spoke with President Obama on Thursday after a tentative agreement was announced.
“A deal based on this framework would threaten the survival of Israel,” Netanyahu warned Obama, according to a readout from the Israeli prime minister’s office. Claiming that a deal based on the framework announced Thursday would “legitimize” Iran’s nuclear program, Netanyahu told Obama that “such a deal would not block Iran’s path to the bomb” but rather “pave it.”
This deal would legitimize Iran’s nuclear program, bolster Iran’s economy, increase Iran’s aggression & terror throughout the ME & beyond
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) April 2, 2015
Prime Minister Netanyahu: Such a deal would not block Iran’s path to the bomb. It would pave it.
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) April 2, 2015
PM Netanyahu: The alternative is standing firm and increasing the pressure on Iran until a better deal is achieved.
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) April 2, 2015
The relationship between Netanyahu and the Obama administration has been cool in recent months. Netanyahu seemed to irk the administration by accepting an invitation from Republican Rep. John Boehner to speak to a joint session of Congress just weeks before his re-election bid.
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