Israel has made no bones about its opposition to the interim P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, and is very public to this day about their opposition to any “bad deal” with Iran, which in essence they define as any deal at all.
The Obama Administration has tried to get around this by giving lip-service to Israel’s position while the talks continue, and downplaying the chances of a deal, but with every high profile US visit to Israel lately centering around Israel issuing demands, people are starting to get sick of hearing about it.
Israel’s demand is essentially for Iran to abandon its entire civilian nuclear program, a stance Western diplomats say is just plain unrealistic. That’s not accidental, though.
Israeli officials continue to say they will never agree to anything short of that and that they would “be happy to see July 20 pass without a deal.” The demands are by design so extreme they seem designed to do just that, kill the talks and ensure that no deal is possible.
Susan Rice is headed to Jerusalem this week, and the agenda is once again a solid two days of Israel harping on how much they oppose the Iran deal, which seems certain to end with even more annoyance.
So, European immigrants ethnically cleanse 2/3 of the indigenous population of a land they colonized, create a state the size of a medium sized city, steal nuclear technology from their only ally to build hundreds of nuclear weapons and now want to dictate policies to other countries in the region that have been there for thousands of years. I'd say that is chutzpah.
The strangest part of this story is that the only super power's foreign policy is essentially dictated by this nuclear armed "city".
I’m starting to wonder, what big secret does Israel has for the US? Every time Bibi throws a tantrum the US government seems to go in a tail spin.
It's the mythical "Jewish vote"…
Masada – only this time with nukes and the 'Romans' going along for the ride.
New demands from Israel? Wow, that's a shock. It's not like that ever happened before during the endless Peace Negotiations over the I/P issue.
Israel, sign the NNPT treaty, eliminate your nuclear weapons, withdraw from the occupied territories of the West Bank, compensate the Palestinian refugees for their massive losses of towns, villages, businesses and farms when your unholy creation took place in 1948 and allow them to return to their lands or compensate those who wish not to return for their 66 years of suffering in refugee camps.
Once you have done that, maybe then you might have a toe to stand on to make your disgusting demands against Iran, a nation that has NOT attacked any other nation in well over 200 years, while your illegal nation is steeped in the blood of your victims.
The nerve of this rogue state built on land stolen from the Palestinians
issuing (demands) that (another) country abandon its civil nuclear program.
The rogue state should (abandon) its own program first and allow inspection
of the (hundreds) of nukes it has in its possession. The arrogance of this
illegal regime boggles the mind.
EME,
Amazing how far outrageous behavior can take one. People don't know whether you are crazy or whether they missed something.
Robert Gates said it in a hearing in the US Senate: We are not afraid they are making nuclear weapons because we know they are not. But civilian nuclear technology gives technological progress to developing countries that they may compete with us. The US has been caught in industrial spy in Denmark and Germany. 16 US Intelligence Agencies and Mossad still say that if Iran ever worked on a Bomb, that work stopped completely in 2003. The rest is propaganda. Goebbels would envy them their propaganda skills. It doesn't matter what the CIA and Mossad say. Facts don't matter. Half the Americans believe some God made the earth and us only 6,000 years ago. Human beings are not only crazy-more and more nuclear weapons-but tragically also retarded. According to http://www.mcremo.com it seems we arrived here from Mars some 3 billion years ago. Or as Socrates put it: "the only thing we know is that we don't know anything." The Goddess is crazy !
And Israel has what to do with these negotiations? Until they sign the NNPT they should just shut up!!
And Israel has what to do with these negotiations? Until they sign the NNPT they should just shut up!!
The bottom line, right here. ^^^ Thank you.
Until the US decides to cut the Israelis loose and stops defending them, regardless of what they do, the Israelis will see no reason to be, well, reasonable. And they will continue their asinine belligerence towards, well, everyone, friend (the few) and enemies (many) alike.