Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave himself some credit on Tuesday for changing global attitudes about Iran’s renegade nuclear program. “There are more and more voices, especially in the US, but also in other places” supporting Israel’s opposition on the issue, he told soldiers and reporters during a visit to the Judea and Samaria Division headquarters. “The agreement being formulated between the major powers and Iran gives a clear path to Iran to achieve a nuclear bomb, nuclear bombs. A better agreement must be sought.” His comments prompted derisive rebuttals from several of his political opponents in upcoming elections, while Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made some harsh comments of his own in reference to the letter sent to Teheran’s clerical regime this week by 47 US Senators essentially saying that any deal it signs with the Obama Administration could expire the moment a new US President is sworn in on 20 January, 2017. Read More
