Though the offer wasn’t actually made to the Israeli government, Israeli officials still felt the need to publicly and angrily condemn a nuclear settlement offer by Iran, which would see it limiting its civilian activities and submitting to additional inspections in return for an easing of sanctions.
Within hours of the report, Israeli officials were condemning the offer as “superficial” and saying that the proposal to end 20 percent enrichment and shut down centrifuges was a “laughable” concession.
Most of Iran’s enrichment is at the 3.5% level, needed for energy production, and it has a smaller 20% enrichment program for fuel for the US-built Tehran Research Reactor. Making nuclear weapons would require enrichment over 90%, and there is no allegation that Iran has even attempted to go beyond 20, and is now willing to halt that.
Israeli officials say Iran’s concessions must include a full abandonment of its civilian enrichment at any level, the dismantlement of all centrifuges, and the surrender of all uranium fuel to the international community.
They’re also opposed to trading that serious amount of demands for any reduction of sanctions, with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon saying that even minor concessions on settlements would amount to their total collapse.
That last paragraph is toast. "Ya’alon…warned that the sanctions against Iran would completely collapse should the world powers agree to ease any of the measures." If sanctions were based on the twin fictions of evidence-of-weapons-program and sanctions-attack-Iran's-government, then I'd agree there would be no shortage of people looking for an excuse to ignore them.
It's time the world demanded access to inspect Israel's nuclear facilities. Or is the Jewish State now officially above the law?
officially, un-officially subject to their Sky God's laws only, not man's.
As said before, it is not the USG governing the USA but rather is Israel and lately Saudis and UAE ordering the USG what to say or do. Is not a question of demanding anymore but rather ordering, there is different which people will realize in time. For now they pay the price by losing their freedom and their money.
Its time for intrusive investigation of Israel's nuclear, chemical and biological arsenals. Sanctions if necessary until the agree.
The issue is Iran's compliance with the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty. Israel is not a party to it. It is, therefore, irrelevant. Izzyrel no playa da game, izzyrel no make a da rules. Ignore Blowhard Bibi.
Get rid of your 200 nuclear weapons give Palestinians back their stolen lands stop murdering/torturing them and stealing their water resourses.
WTF, how can those insects reject something NOT offered to them?
”even minor concessions on sanctions
would amount to their total collapse”
Of course, for Empire expansion requires at least one invasion of an oil-rich nation every ten years. For if Iran gave up all things nuclear, surely Hamas, Hezbollah and fiction terrorism that would keep Iran impoverished by sanctions until the bombs start falling.
Any deal short of the total annihilation of Iran and other potential opponents to the regional hegemony of the Zionist settler state, is of course "unacceptable". The only reason for it´s existence as such to this very day, beside US tax-money-life-support, is perpetual wars and unrests in it´s vicinity.
Maybe Obama is crazy like a fox. Maybe the whole point of talking nice to Iran is to send the Israelis a message: "If you want Iran taken out, we are not going to help you. You are on your own, and you have very little time to act.". This means Israel really does have very little time, and if they are going to act, they probably have no more than a few months.
The only equitable solution is to apply any and all demands made to Iran… to Israel. See how long it takes Israel to scream antisemitism.
It should be obvious to every sane person in the World, that Israel is only interested in regime change in Iran, and even when Iran give up everything, Israel will still want to see Iran squirm. You see, Israel used to be really pally with a certain Mr Reza Shah Pahlavi – they helped train his secret police, the Savaak.
Have you ever seen any country that so wants war(s) as Israel?
Yes, the USA they top the list.
But is too cowardly to fight it on their own.