Israeli PM Boasts Of Halting ‘Bad’ Iran Nuclear Deal
Monday, 8 December 2014
Israel played a key role in stopping a deal between world powers and Iran on limiting its nuclear program from going ahead last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.
Netanyahu said it was fortunate that international negotiators did not meet last month's deadline for a deal because he said an agreement reached then “would have effectively left Iran as a threshold nuclear power,” Netanyahu told a think tank, the Associated Press reported.
“Even though Israel isn’t part of the P5+1 our voice and our concerns played a critical role in preventing a bad deal,” he added, referring to the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council - the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, and France - plus Germany.
The P5+1 who are leading efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon have extended their talks until June 30, after they failed to meet the November 24 deadline for a deal.
Calling it the most “vital national security challenge we face,” Israel and its allies “must use the time available to increase the pressure on Iran to dismantle is nuclear weapons capability,” Netanyahu said.
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