On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid urged the US and the EU to quit negotiations with Iran aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, as Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an agreement.
The Israeli leader claimed that lifting sanctions on Iran would give the Islamic Republic $100 billion “that will be used to undermine stability in the Middle East and spread terror around the globe.”
Lapid also claimed that the deal would not prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon even though the JCPOA sets strict limits on Iran’s nuclear program. “In our eyes, it does not meet the standards set by President Biden himself: preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear state,” he said.
Also on Wednesday, Iran said it received Washington’s response to an EU proposal to revive the JCPOA, which Tehran is now reviewing. A US official said earlier this week that reaching an agreement is closer since Iran made some concessions.
In light of the diplomacy between the US and Iran, Israel is stepping up its efforts to kill the deal. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz is heading to the US on Thursday, where he will meet with the head of US Central Command. Gantz will then travel to Washington to hold talks with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Gantz on Tuesday said that Israel will do “everything it can” to stop the JCPOA from being restored. Israeli officials have previously threatened military action against Iran if the deal is revived, and Israel frequently carries out covert attacks inside the Islamic Republic.
EU wants this deal pretty badly to counter Russian oil getting cut off. Too bad it wont last. Much like Nord Stream 2.
Time to talk about Israeli nukes.
Go ahead
Easy to say when you know it won’t happen. The double standards are what you Israel firsters count on. That and having the US congress in Israel’s back pocket. Actually, you wouldn’t have one without the other.
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Odele, what is your objection? Are you an American? If you are, then should be feeling the same way that we do… Our taxes foot the damn bill and it has been that way for years….(!)
I am Canadian. Israel receives 3 billion in aid from the US. Most of this returns to the US economy in arms purchases.
Israel’s GDP is 500 billion. It is a mutually beneficial relationship
Thanks for responding Odele and I respect that.
I do not care to be a weapons dealer. I am a US citizen and when I pay my taxes, I don’t expect to be paying for bombs, arms or any other damn thing for Israel.
I have supported PEACE for most of my adult life and I do not consider it mutually beneficial for us to be arms dealers to people who murder innocent people (or even guilty people). There are courts of law in these United States and there is an International Court of Law in existence as well!…
I understand that. Believe it or not, I support peace too. And I can assure you that so do most Israelis. Sadly, they have no option. They live in a very tough and hostile neighbourhood. History has taught Jews some very harsh lessons. Defend yourself, because you can’t count on anyone else to do it.
Thank for being so direct Odele. I appreciate that, very much. The only way for any of us to move forward in this life is to remember and acknowledge History and make sure we learn from it and never repeat it. This includes the Holocaust that your people suffered from and also the myriad of other injustices… But the most important thing to remember is to not let history repeat itself, on any level and never allow any race or other groups of people to have to endure the same hardships and suffering (of any kind)…
Not beneficial to U.S. taxpayers. a.i.p.a.c. is the cancer in the U.S. government.
It’s a bloody plague!
“Mutually beneficial” to whom?
The Gazans on whom the Zios regularly employ these weapons? The Syrians? The Iranians?
If IsraHellis don’t like their neighborhood, let ‘em move and give that land back to its rightful owners.
And who the f*ck are YOU to tell Americans what WE must spend our hard-earned tax dollars on?
Mutually beneficial to Israel and the US dumbass. I’m not telling Americans where to spend their tax dollars. I’m voicing my opinion. And since they are the rightful owners of that land, they’re not moving anywhere. So calm down.
The Zionazis are the ones who need to “calm down”, sweetheart. And since the so-called “Bible” is just a big book of violent stories, no “god” “gave them that land.”
Oh…still waiting for your take on the Zio murders of Shireen and the five Gazan kids visiting their grandfather’s grave.
What…you got nothin’? Your opinions on Zionazi atrocities are glaringly absent 😝
I will say this much. The Jewish claim to that land relies on 3000 years of archaeologically proven history, not the Bible. This does not disqualify Palestinian claims. The problem has been that the Palestinians want it all. You are very angry Gypsy. It’s bad for your blood pressure.
Odele, how can you say any of this with a straight face?…
With which part of this statement do you disagree?
Still ignoring Zionazi murders of reporters and children I see…
And yes, to describe me as “angry” concerning the vile and vicious practices of the Zios against the hapless Palestinians would be an understatement. Does the name “Beth Dutton” mean anything to you?
No Gypsy. Tell me about Beth Dutton
You got Google?
Thought so dummy
Go f*ck yerself.
Oh btw, my blood pressure’s fine; thanks for your concern 😂
Now simmer down. That’s no way for a young lady to talk.
Lol, Odele; I’m not young, and not very ladylike 😉
No kidding!
If I were “ladylike” Odele, I couldn’t have very well accomplished what I have over my lifetime.
I run a productive small farm, care for livestock, help my neighbor bale hay three times a year, and spent most of my adult life working in landscape.
I’m a “tough girl” and proud of it.
Oh, and as a bonus, it keeps me slender as a willow 😁
Nothing wrong with that Gypsy.
Thanks Odele.
Don’t say I never upvoted you 😉
Ditto!
Israel needs to remember that they got this ball rolling…
Israel is scared as hell…! That’s where it belongs…!
Lapid also urged ByeDone to suck his dick, to which the latter will happily acquiesce.
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