Netanyahu: Iran deal a failure of diplomacy

Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking before Hammond, calls the deal between the powers and Iran a “failure of diplomacy” which threatens Israel and the world.

“The deal agreed to in Vienna, I regret to say, paves this terrorist regime’s path to the bomb. The alternative to this deal is not war. The alternative is a better deal that would roll back Iran’s military nuclear program and tie the easing of restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program to changes in Iran’s behavior,” he says.

“That’s the kind of deal that would be welcomed in Tel Aviv and here in Israel’s capital Jerusalem. Israel would embrace a good deal that would compel Iran to choose between a path to a bomb and sanctions relief. Unfortunately the current deal allows Iran to avoid making that choice. It lifts the sanctions today and paves the path to a bomb tomorrow.”

The statement comes a day after Hammond told Parliament in London that there is no deal that would have been accepted by Israel.