Israel To Push Congress To Pass Bill To Hamper Iran Deal

[Purveyor]

Israel will try to persuade congressmen and senators to introduce a clause stipulating that the deal with Iran should be seen as an international treaty requiring Senate ratification and not an agreement.

By Barak Ravid | Apr. 7, 2015 | 8:03 AM



Israel will adopt two lines of attack as it tries to thwart – or at least modify – the international nuclear agreement with Iran in the coming weeks, a senior official said.

Firstly, it will lobby the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would make it difficult, or even impossible, to approve a comprehensive deal with Iran if one is reached by the June 30 deadline.

At the same time, it will continue pressing the White House for the “improvements” Israel says must be made in the terms of the agreement, the official said.

Israel will try to persuade as many congressmen and senators as possible to support the bill sponsored by Sen. Bob Corker (Rep.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill sets a 60-day period from the moment an overall agreement is reached with Iran, during which Congress and the Senate will check and review its every detail.

The bill obliges senior officials of the Obama administration to submit detailed reports to Congress and attend a series of hearings about the agreement. It also says that legislation of U.S. sanctions may be revoked only if the Congress and Senate foreign affairs committees make a joint decision supporting the agreement within those 60 days.

more...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.650813

[Jefferson23]

1. You have a lot of nerve not warning me about McCain aka I Love to Bomb, face...ack!

He looks like freakin' JAWS in that photo.

[djean111]

2. So - the other countries in the agreement, Irael considers that they are not important, and that

he can get a willing US Congress to bomb Iran at the behest of Israel, and that Israel and the Congress of the US are the onlt important players?

I can see where the Netanyahu hubris comes from - he waves money and whispers in ears, and a fawning US Congress kisses his ass.

[KoKo]

3. Push and Push ....they've got time...

sadly. Looks like a "Coven of Warlocks" in that photo...whatever...they are a disgrace.