Netanyahu says Iran deal will bring war closer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to criticize the nuclear deal with Iran, the same day wen the EU confirmed it and the UN’s Security Council is scheduled to vote on it. Speaking at the opening of Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, Netanyahu says:

On a day when the ruler of Iran repeats again and again his intention to destroy the State of Israel, the UN’s Security Council gives a stamp of approval to a country systematically violating Security Council resolutions and calling for the destruction of Israel – a member state at the UN. There is no limit to the hypocrisy, and the only way to fight this hypocrisy is by strongly and firmly stating the truth.

The truth is this: They say this agreement pushes war away but in fact it brings war closer. Firstly, because Iran will receive hundreds of billions of dollars and already now states openly that it will use this money to fund its terror proxies. Secondly, [the deal] will start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

They also say the Security Council vote is the end of the story, but this is not true. So long as US Congress sanctions are in force, and remembering the US economy is 40 times larger than Iran’s, Iran will need to make concessions.

They also say ‘it can’t be that the whole world is wrong’ and from this they deduce the agreement is good. Well, first of all, not the whole world is wrong and many in the Middle East see eye to eye with Israel and see this agreement as dangerous to them, to the region and to the world. Secondly, history has proven that even when the world is united, it is not necessarily right. Only a few years ago there was wide international agreement on a nuclear agreement with North Korea and today North Korea has a dozen atomic bombs and is working to get many more.

The truth should be said loudly and clearly because the truth serves also Israel’s interest.