Israeli envoy to the US Ron Dermer says Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s Holocaust analogy is “inappropriate.”
Huckabee had said the Iran deal is “marching the Israelis to the door of the oven.”
Dermer, in response, rejects the characterization.
“These are not words that I would use or that I think are appropriate,” Dermer tells USA Today.
The Israeli envoy says he doesn’t question Obama’s sincerity with regard to the Iran deal, only whether the agreement will effectively prevent Tehran from building an atomic bomb.
“Look, we have a very serious disagreement with the administration on a very serious issue,” Dermer says. “But what I don’t doubt is the sincerity of the president or his team when they say they believe this deal not only makes America safe but makes Israel safe. Where we disagree is the judgment of actually what this deal is going to do.”
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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