J Street says speech wasn’t worth the cost

The J Street lobbying group releases a statement after the address:

The Israeli prime minister has insisted that despite the inappropriate timing of his address, the American people needed to hear what he has to say. But this speech was nothing new. The Obama administration agrees that a nuclear Iran would be unacceptable. The difference is that it is pursuing serious diplomacy to prevent that outcome, and Netanyahu has refused to offer credible solutions.

We’ve heard this speech before–a litany of tautologies that ‘no deal is better than a bad deal, what we need is a better deal.’ Prime Minister Netanyahu offered no serious alternatives today. Who can now say that this speech was worth the considerable cost to the US-Israel relationship?

America does stand with Israel. That’s why the administration is working for a deal that will prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.