Kerry vows Washington won’t ‘disappoint Israel’

US Secretary of State John Kerry tells Channel 10 he believes Israel would consult with the US before launching a military strike on Iran, because Washington would be “deeply involved” in the “huge implications” and fallout of a raid on Tehran’s nuclear facilities.

“We will not sign a deal that does not close off Iran’s pathways to a bomb and that doesn’t give us the confidence — to all of our experts, in fact to global experts — that we will be able to know what Iran is doing and prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon,” Kerry says.

“I believe that where we are heading will in fact protect Israel,” Kerry says in an interview at the State Department in Washington. “President Obama has absolutely pledged they will not get a nuclear weapon… We will have inspectors in there every single day. That is not a 10-year deal. That’s forever.”

“There’s a lot of hysteria about this deal,” Kerry claims. “People really need to look at the facts, and they need to look at the science of what is behind those facts.”

Kerry vows the US won’t “disappoint Israel.”

Earlier, Netanyahu condemns the nuclear deal.

“We think that the goal of the Iran deal should not be just to reach any deal. It should be to block Iran’s path to the bomb,” Netanyahu says.

“So we think we need a different deal, a better deal and there are those who tell us that this will not endanger Israel. I have to tell you as the Prime Minister of Israel responsible for Israel’s security, it endangers Israel, it endangers the region, it endangers the world, the entire world in my opinion. So I think it’s very important to insist on a better deal.”