Posted on 02/16/2021 4:44:42 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
JERUSALEM - Israel held out the possibility on Tuesday that it would not engage with U.S. President Joe Biden on strategy regarding the Iranian nuclear programme, urging tougher sanctions and a “credible military threat” against its arch-enemy.
The remarks by Israel’s envoy to Washington came at a touchy juncture for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Up for re-election next month, he has revived his hard line on Iran while not yet having any direct communication with Biden.
The new administration has said it wants a U.S. return to a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran - which former President Donald Trump quit, restoring sanctions - if the Iranians recommit to their own obligations. Washington has also said it wants to confer with allies in the Middle East about such moves.
“We will not be able to be part of such a process if the new administration returns to that deal,” Ambassador Gilad Erdan told Israel’s Army Radio.
Netanyahu aides have privately questioned whether engaging with U.S. counterparts might backfire, for Israel, by falsely signalling its consent for any new deal that it still opposes.
Israel was not a party to the 2015 deal. It has powerful advocates within the U.S. Congress, however, and Netanyahu’s threats to take unilateral military action on Iran if he deems diplomacy a dead end also figure into big-power planning.
“We think that if the United States returns to the same accord that it already withdrew from, all its leverage will be lost,” Erdan said.
“It would appear that only crippling sanctions - keeping the current sanctions and adding new sanctions - combined with a credible military threat - that Iran fears - might bring Iran to real negotiations with Western countries that might ultimately produce a deal truly capable of preventing it breaking ahead (to nuclear arms).”
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Smart move.Israel knows damn well that neither Plugs nor Heels Up has the slightest interest in preventing Iran from developing nukes.
It’s repeat comical behavior like Obama’s team was involved in from 2009 to 2016.
The only thing different this time around is that various other ‘partners’ from the region aren’t reading the Obama or Biden script. Each time a Biden-team tries to invite themselves into some Disneyland-operation...no one will respect them or offer up any trust.
” It’s repeat comical behavior like Obama’s team was involved in from 2009 to 2016. “
It would be comic if it weren’t so catastrophically tragic. We may lose many millions of lives to this gang of idiots.
I will bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel. Unfortunately the rain falls on the just and the unjust.
Will Joe have visiting heads of state enter and exit the White House through the back door and past the garbage cans?
The Israelis have much more practice in ensuring Iranian nuke un-safety than we do.
Why is Biden ignoring Netanyahu/Israel?
As you will recall, Biden’s last administration was releasing Israeli military intelligence to Iran.
Netanyahu’s balls are either shrinking or they were removed cause he should be straight up telling the BidenIdiot administration their will be no Iranian nuclear strategy, as before with the ObamaIdiot administration, not some crap of ‘hinting’.....
Like wtf is wrong with Netanyahu these days? This administration going to treat you worse than you were treated by the ObamaIdiot administration. Get the memo yet or figured such out already, Netanyahu!?!
Biden will probably continue the 0bama tradition of escorting Netanyahu and other strong allies out the back door at the White Hut.
Why would Israel trust the democrats with anything? The left is as close to true Fascism as anything we have ever seen in the United States.
Every nation would be wise to protect itself from the democrats. The regime is just looking for an excuse to start a war, enforce purity tests in the military and implement institutionalized persecution against anyone who would object to their tyranny.
Israel already has its plans in order and it does not involve the US or Europe. To involve biden or kerry would be detrimental to the mission.
Not to mention sharing intelligence with the US, which will be fed, sorry leaked, to the Iranians.
Should Bibi lose, Big Guy may be disappointed by his successors position on Iran.
Loose Lips Sink Ships
Seem to recall Obama leaving Netanyahu sit waiting while he dined with the family.
The Democrats and most of the GOPE are anti-semitic so this is nothing surprising. Israel is pretty much on their own and I look for Israel, Jordan, the gulf state countries and Saudi Arabia to form an alliance at some point. The rest of the middle east will be under Iran’s nukes that Biden will give them and Israel is the only country that can counter the psychos in Iran and Washington DC with their nukes. I also look for the Saudi’s to use their oil against us and the Europeans and it will hurt since Biteme has destroyed the oil industry.
Well said.
As David Horowitz explained in his early 2000's book, Unholy Alliance, the Left and muzzies share the same short-term goal: destruction of the United States to allow world socialism and islam.
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