Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who now serves as alternate prime minister and handles the Iranian file, has issued a ‘last minute appeal’ to US President Joe Biden not to sign a possible new deal on nuclear.
“This deal will send about a quarter of a trillion dollars into the pocket of Iran’s terror administration and its regional proxies, and allow Tehran to develop and operate centrifuges, with almost no restrictions, within two years.” , said Naftali Bennett.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz is also arguing against renewing the Iran nuclear deal. He stressed on Tuesday that Israel was in contact with the United States and regional countries about talks aimed at restoring the agreement, as significant progress was reported in the negotiations.
Shortly after making his remarks, Benny Gantz’s office announced that the minister would fly to Florida on Thursday morning to meet with the head of US Central Command, Michael Erik Kurilla.
Gantz’s office said the defense minister would also meet with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington on Friday.
“We will do everything we can to influence the agreement,” Benny Gantz told a party meeting. “Israel will know how to maintain its freedom of action,” he added, noting that the country would not be bound by any agreement.
Iran would have demanded “some adjustments” to the draft agreement submitted by the European Union to the participants in the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear file, declared on Tuesday the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
In an interview, Josep Borrell confirmed that “most” of the participants had accepted Tehran’s demands, the content of which he did not reveal, and that only “the response from the United States was missing”.
The United States also indicated on Tuesday that Iran had made concessions on key points concerning the renewal of the Vienna agreement.
