Obama to Netanyahu: Stop Criticizing Iranian Nuke Deal
U.S.
President Barack Obama has reportedly asked Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu to stop being so vocal with his criticism of the deal reached
between Iran and the West, reports The Washington Post.
The newspaper’s columnist David Ignatius
wrote on Thursday, “Obama has asked Netanyahu to take a breather from
his clamorous criticism and send to Washington a team that can explore
with U.S. officials a sound end-state strategy.”
“Perhaps the United States and Israel
need a back channel, outside the bombastic pressure campaign by Israeli
advocates,” he added in the column, which dealt with Washington’s plans
for the next six months, during which the Western powers and Iran are
supposed to work out a permanent agreement.
Netanyahu has openly criticized the deal
that was reached between Iran and Western powers in talks in Geneva,
explaining that it allows Iran to continue its nuclear program while
getting sanctions relief.
Netanyahu slammed the deal
on Sunday, shortly after it was reached, saying, “As we learn more and
more details about the agreement that was achieved last night in Geneva,
it becomes increasingly clear how bad and dangerous this agreement is
to the world, the region and Israel.”
Shortly after his remarks on Sunday evening, Netanyahu received a phone call from Obama to discuss the deal.
During that conversation, the two
reportedly agreed that Israeli and American teams would hold
consultations on the permanent agreement.
On Wednesday, a high-ranking Israeli officer said that Israel and the United States plan to hold a joint military drill in six months, just as the interim agreement between Iran and the West is due to expire.
“The wind from the Americans into the
Israeli sails is, ‘We will maintain our capability to strike in Iran,
and one of the ways we show it is to train.’ It will send signals both
to Israel and to the Iranians that we are maintaining our capabilities
in the military option. The atmosphere is we have to do it big time, we
have to do a big show of capabilities and connections,” the official
told TIME magazine.
SOURCE: Israel National News
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