Posted on 03/19/2015 11:49:16 AM PDT by Nachum
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu suggested Thursday his country might accept Iran having a small number of centrifuges, but insisted world powers could strike a better nuclear deal with Tehran than one now under negotiation.
"I think you can get a better deal. The one I would have is to reduce Iran's nuclear capabilities so you increase the breakout time," the Israeli leader told NBC television.
"I mean, if I had a vote on that negotiating team, I would say zero centrifuges," he said, when asked about reports that the Islamic Republic might be left with about 6,000 centrifuges.
The highly sophisticated machines spin uranium gas at supersonic speeds to make it suitable for power generation as well as for use at high purities for an atomic bomb.
Iran currently has about 19,000 centrifuges, of which just over 10,000 are operational, and Netanyahu has repeatedly called for Iran's entire nuclear capability to be dismantled.
Pressed by NBC on whether he would accept some centrifuges, Netanyahu replied: "I would say that a smaller number would be something that Israel and its Arab neighbors wouldn't love, but could live with."
"The most important thing is that the lifting of restrictions on Iran's nuclear program would depend on Iran's change of behavior. That it would stop supporting terrorism, stop its aggression against just about every country in the region, and stop calling and threatening the annihilation of Israel."
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You and I both respect Netanyahu. I am speaking of my hopes here, but I am not convinced he wouldn’t meet or exceede my wishes for his governance.
This is the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ALWAYS been. Anyone who knows him and who has been supporting him all these years, as I have, KNOWS THIS. I certainly do.
Good for you.
As I said, he has made mistakes in the past.
Pragmatism can be driven from one side of the political spectrum or the other side of the political spectrum. It depends on ... which side the “push” is coming from ... :-) ...
I'll take a couple.
If everyone was to do their part...soon there wouldn't be any left.
It matters what the end result is, no matter who incorporates it into their activities.
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