Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says that the United States understands that Israel will not support a return by Washington to the Iran nuclear deal but he won’t get into a public fight on the matter.
“In 2015 [ahead of the first deal], the pre-signing rhetoric was at its peak, and it failed,” Bennett tells a conference organized by the Ynet news site.
“The agreement was signed. Not only was it signed, but then ears in Washington were closed on all matters. I do not get into quarrels just for the sake of quarrels. I will only go to war if there is a real chance of success and a worthy purpose,” Bennett says.
“The US has internalized that we are not bound by the nuclear agreement,” he says.
The premier also addresses reports that Washington is considering delisting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as part of the negotiations.
“The Revolutionary Guards are truly the largest state-supported terrorist organization in the world,” Bennett says. “There is hardly a day that Revolutionary Guardsmen do not carry out acts of terrorism in the Middle East — against the United Arab Emirates, against other people, and are now really trying to harm Americans and Israelis. A terrible organization.”
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