Israeli leaders on Monday urged world powers to keep pressure and sanctions on Iran as indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington to revive the nuclear deal resumed in Vienna.
In a video statement, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called on countries not to “give in to Iran’s nuclear blackmail.” He accused Iran of entering negotiations with no intention of rolling back its nuclear program and said Tehran only seeks “to end sanctions in exchange for almost nothing.”
In London, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Iran only wanted to enter negotiations to access money frozen by sanctions and claimed Tehran was moving to develop nuclear weapons. “A nuclear Iran will thrust the entire Middle East into a nuclear arms race; we will find ourselves in a new Cold War,” he said.
The claim that Iran developing a bomb would start a nuclear arms race ignores the fact that Israel already has nuclear weapons. Iran has also repeatedly pledged it will not develop nuclear weapons and is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Israel refuses to sign due to its secret arsenal.
Lapid said the remedy to the current situation with Iran is more sanctions. “The world must prevent this and it can prevent this: tighter sanctions, tighter supervision, conduct any talks from a position of strength,” he said.
Israel has taken extreme measures to sabotage diplomacy between the US and Iran in the past. Back in April, when the initial rounds of talks between the Biden administration and Iran began, Israel carried out an attack against Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility. The US refused to condemn the dangerous attack, and Iran responded by increasing some uranium enrichment to 60 percent.
Israel will have the last laugh. The writer knows it too.The compromised West will give into Israeli dictates and wreck the whole negotiations under some pretext or other.
Perhaps, but although Israel’s “leaders” constantly complain and hype up the supposed threat from Iran, many in Israel know that the meticulous agreement, the JCPOA, was probably the result most likely to stop any real danger to anyone. That opportunity was removed by Israel’ s wonderful benefactor, Donald J Trump.
“That opportunity was removed by Israel’ s wonderful benefactor, Donald J Trump.”
While never totally being honored by his predecessor or renewed by his successor. With no bitching, to speak of, by either R’s or D’s, for not honoring or renewing deal. In other words, a team effort from a multitude of Israeli benefactors.
Rogue nuclear bomb state accuses non nuclear bomb state of seeking to become a nuclear bomb state. What’s wrong with this picture? Or should the question be, is there anything right with this, or is it just super hypocrasy…?????
This is not a hypocrisy. This requires a psychiatrist.
We are denying ourselves the opportunity that our era offers. We should be redefining global leadership to work with other major powers to advance international laws and create a more secure and more just world order.
Instead, we are acting like a mafia don that offers “protection”. Our petty obsession with the interests — however unjust — of our friends, and cold blooded disinterest in the suffering of disobedient others, will bring us grief.
No country will seek our good offices to mediate solutions, nobody will take us into confidence. Nobody will trust us. Over time, we will undermine our own prosperity.
Yes, Lewis Carroll had nothing on these folks.
My only question is “when will the world hold Israel accountable for ITS actions?” Because if that day ever comes we won’t need all these agrrements with INNOCENT nations framed by Israel to be evil aggressors!
Larger than Israel which is only the HQ of Zionism. And yes, it is really really really disheartening, … watching them use the Shoah to potentiate their ongoing area-wide Muslim holocaust, … a kinda ne plus ultra nihilism. And I think we can be sure it’s going to get a whole lot uglier before, if ever, they’re brought to book.
Every day Iran should bring up Israel’s nukes. Every. Single. Day.
Despite its expertise in spying and cybercrime, I do not believe that Israel knows more about Iran’s needs and desires than Iran itself knows. Why must we always have large volumes of Israel’s opinions (Iran has been nearly making nukes at least since 1995, according to former PM) but never accept the word and actions of Iran??