Netanyahu: Inconceivable to let Iran threaten Israel, region

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that allowing Iran to acquire the tools to threaten Israel’s existence was unthinkable.

“It is inconceivable to let a country that fuels terrorism on a global scale, that borders Israel on three terror fronts — Lebanon, Gaza and now the Golan Heights — it is inconceivable to let this country acquire the tools to threaten our existence, to threaten the region and to threaten the whole world,” he says, a day after he got back from the US where he delivered a speech to Congress warning of the dangers of a bad nuclear deal with Iran.

“The alternative to [a] bad deal is not war but a much better deal,” says Netanyahu.

In his statement, he outlines two key changes to the framework of the potential deal.

“First, I called to limit Iran’s nuclear powers to increase the breakout time needed for Iran to build a bomb. Second, I called for only lifting those restrictions only when Iran ceases promoting terrorism, ends its aggression against its neighbors, and stops threatening to destroy the State of Israel,” he says.

“I believe these proposals constitute a practical alternative to what is currently on the table,” he adds.