Posted on 03/26/2015 7:27:06 AM PDT by Star Traveler
Realizing deal could leave Iran with some enrichment capability, Israel appears to be focusing on placing most restrictions possible on Iran R&D.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have begun to signal that Israel could resign itself to an Iranian nuclear deal that would leave its enemy with some uranium enrichment capability, a compromise he has long opposed.
The shift seems surprising given Netanyahu's contentious speech to the US Congress earlier this month in which he argued against world powers letting Tehran keep thousands of uranium centrifuges and remain on possible course to a bomb.
But faced with Western impatience and White House wrath over the calls to avoid a "very bad deal" - while offering no detailed alternative of his own - Netanyahu and his envoys are now engaging with negotiators on the small print of what Israel hopes will be a better agreement.
Pressed to elaborate, Netanyahu, who won a fourth term in Israel's March 17 election, told MSNBC in an interview two days later that Israel and like-minded Arab states might accede to Iran not giving up of all its uranium centrifuges.
A US diplomat, who also spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said it was still unclear how many Iranian centrifuges might get Israel's grudging assent.
"In private they have been talking about small numbers but the devil is in the details. What's small to us is not small to them," the US diplomat said.
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The US should not be engaging in any type of negotiations with Iran who is fomenting terror all over the Mideast.
Personally I think we should execute an EMP on Iran and then give them a list of criteria to meet in order to get the power turned back on. No bombs or troops required. Not only would it put a stop to their nuclear program it would stop the proxy wars in Palestine and Syria and also put an end to Iran’s attempt to co opt Iraq.
If you had said this about Israel, I would have said that sounds possible, but since you mentioned this in connection with the USA, I’m just ROFL ... :-) ...
Make them sign the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty and nothing less.
France was reported as wanting 25 years ...
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