Israel is reportedly concerned that a “bad deal” with Iran could take shape that does not address Iran’s stockpile of over 400 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium, enough for 11 nuclear bombs, Channel 12 reports.
It says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached out to his most trusted aide, Ron Dermer, to work on Israel’s behalf with the US on the deal. It says Netanyahu first got word of potential negotiations on Thursday and reached out to Dermer then.
The report quotes security sources expressing concern about the fate of the 60% enriched uranium:
“We do not know if there will be a deal in the near future or if this is a characteristic ‘Trump maneuver,'” it quotes a security source saying.
“But if there is a deal, and it does not involve the removal from Iran of its enriched uranium, any big words about ‘devastation’ and ‘degraded capability’ will not be true. The truth will be that it is an epic failure.”
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