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Iran deal ‘done,’ Israeli report says, after major US concessions
Times of Israel ^ | July 10, 2015, 2:59 pm EDT

Posted on 07/10/2015 1:35:56 PM PDT by Dave346

Channel 2 analyst Ehud Yaari says agreement will be signed early next week after US drops demand for snap inspections; Obama faces challenge of securing Congress’ approval

A deal has been reached between the world powers and Iran over the latter’s nuclear program after a series of major American concessions, Ehud Yaari, the Middle East affairs commentator for Israel’s Channel 2 television, said Friday night. “It is done. It is done,” he said, and will be signed “early next week.”

The aim of the agreement is to put a negotiated end to a 13-year standoff with Iran over its suspect nuclear program and to block its pathway to developing a nuclear bomb in exchange for lifting biting global sanctions. Israel’s leadership has relentlessly opposed the emerging agreement, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that it will pave Iran’s path to a nuclear arsenal.

According to Yaari, Israel’s most respected Middle East analyst, the deal was reached because the Americans “have made a series of capitulations over the past two to three weeks in almost every key aspect that was being debated.”

Yaari said that even those in the US who had supported the agreement with Iran “admit that it is worse than they thought.” Now, he said, the ball is in the court of Democratic lawmakers who have to decide whether to support their president as he seeks to secure Congressional approval, or to join the vocal Republican opposition to an agreement.

One major concession, Yaari said, is the issue of inspections of Iranian nuclear sites, which has long been a sticking point in the negotiations. According to Yaari, the US negotiators have given in to an Iranian demand that inspections are “managed” — in other words, there will be no surprise visits, only those that are pre-arranged and approved by the Iranian regime.

While there has been no official word that the deal is finalized, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday evening that progress had been made in the talks, and praised what he called the “constructive” atmosphere.

“I think we have resolved some of the things that were outstanding and we’ve made some progress,” he said, speaking to a few reporters as he met with his team of experts in Vienna.

Meetings have been happening all day, Kerry said, adding: “We have a couple of different lines of discussion that are going on right now.”

“The atmosphere is very constructive,” he told the reporters who travelled with him from Washington.

“We still have a couple of very difficult issues, and we’ll be sitting down to discuss those in the very near term – this evening and into tomorrow.”

The talks are now heading into their third weekend in Vienna. Kerry met Friday morning with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Zarif in an effort to close remaining gaps.

The terms of a 2013 interim accord under which Iran has suspended much of its uranium enrichment in return for some sanctions relief were extended to Monday in a bid to overcome a deadlock.

France’s Laurent Fabius and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond are also due to return to the Austrian capital Saturday in the hopes of advancing the deal.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baddeal; bomb; capitulation; concessions; deal; imamobama; iran; irandeal; israel; kerry; lebanon; mullahobama; nuclear; obama; obamasfault; surrender; terror; war; waronterror
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To: Dave346

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According to an Israeli source, Geoff Gotfield, a former member of a police counterterrorism team, the new unit – created and trained in secret – was also formed to deal with the threat of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, despite Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry enthusiastically trying to “sell” their attempt to achieve a nuclear agreement with Islamic Republic.


41 posted on 07/10/2015 3:03:24 PM PDT by Qiviut (Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss)
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To: Dave346

If we had an opposition party in Congress, I wouldn’t worry about this.

Unfortunately, we don’t.


42 posted on 07/10/2015 3:08:08 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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To: PIF
“Getting the bomb is only the first step in Obama & VJ’s plan. Iran using the bomb on Israel is the second step.”

If Iran launches one of their firecracker A-Bombs against Israel, they better hope the 12th Iman comes because Iran will become a highly radiated sheet of glass.

43 posted on 07/10/2015 3:11:23 PM PDT by HenpeckedCon (What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
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To: Dave346

Here is how Obama will deal with this —

“so is it true that the inspections must be announced in advance and no surprise inspections?”

Obama — “no that is false — we have demanded inspections and there will be inspections”

“... but .. but no surprise inspections, is that correct?”

Obama — “There will be inspections ... you will be allowed to keep your inspections ... next question ...”


44 posted on 07/10/2015 3:20:57 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Dave346

Here comes the Middle East nuclear arms race.


45 posted on 07/10/2015 3:36:45 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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"Iran deal ‘done,’ Israeli report says,
after major US concessions..."




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46 posted on 07/10/2015 3:41:39 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Dave346

“Obama faces challenge of securing Congress’ approval”

Nope. There will be some wheeling and dealing of course, but the approval is in the bag. Zippy, Jarret, and Iran already know that


47 posted on 07/10/2015 3:46:20 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Old Yeller

They shall both burn together and none shall quench them.


48 posted on 07/10/2015 3:47:12 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Truth29
I am surprised Obama didn’t give then a few warheads or at least the plans and technical assistance.

Clinton already gave them the plans with Operation Merlin in 2000. They have compact warhead plans. They have ballistic missiles. They've researched precision explosives to detonate the pit. Now, all they need is the weapons grade material.

49 posted on 07/10/2015 3:56:07 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Dave346

watch McConnell,Cornyn and Hatch fold like quivering ganglia. This is a serious threat to the entire world and they wont care. Part of the deal was a bribe to Iran $ 89 billion if they sign. These guys will FUND IT!!! But as long as we sit and watch “American Idle” instead of getting in the streets and in their faces they will keep this country circling the drain. When the tv goes out every one will be mad.


50 posted on 07/10/2015 3:57:44 PM PDT by WENDLE
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To: minnesota_bound

Sites; anything that Israeli Intelligence has ferreted out that presents a current or future danger. There may be many, many cities in Iran that suffer significant to catastrophic damage.


51 posted on 07/10/2015 4:04:17 PM PDT by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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To: Dave346

Obama, John Kerry, and the msm will hail this as the crowing foreign affair achievement for the Obama administration. Non-stop, ad nauseam, until the election, this will be played over and over as all the democrats and rinos understand and will regurgitate the appropriate talking points.


52 posted on 07/10/2015 4:12:25 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: gwjack
A New Moon occurs next Wednesday (7/15). I wonder I’d Israel will act then?

Too late. Iran has tens of nuclear sites, hundreds of underground bases, and there is little visibility into their doings. A fission device can be assembled anywhere; first US bombs were even assembled in flight, after the airplane took off. It'd be a disaster to bomb an empty facility - a PR disaster and a political disaster, as that would give Iran the right to speak at the UN and accuse Israel of unprovoked attack - and the right to demand compensation.

53 posted on 07/10/2015 4:16:02 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: Dave346

I never had any doubt that it would be a done deal. Obama and his minions will stop at nothing to ensure Israel’s destruction. Obama knows he only has til Nov next year to get it done..so I wonder what the deal was, Iran can only kill off half the Israeli population and not the entire country..Israel knows they dont have a friend in Obama or his cronies, they will have to take care of things themselves they know it they have known it since Nov 2008


54 posted on 07/10/2015 4:16:15 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Genoa
The IAF knows what to do.

Yes,they do.But it must be established how deep the medieval psychopaths in Tehran dug and how effectively they fortified.Sadaam didn't expect it...the knuckledraggers will.

55 posted on 07/10/2015 4:19:18 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Secession;It's The Only Answer)
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To: Dave346
Pride comes before the Fall.

God help us all.

56 posted on 07/10/2015 4:22:57 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

It’s far too late to take out the nuke program. Strategy is likely to strike weapons as they emerge from hiding to go operational. More reason to think nukes would be used by placing on a container ship or ordinary semi trailer.


57 posted on 07/10/2015 4:26:17 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: cableguymn
And Iran gets the bomb. It’s what Obama and Jerret wanted.


58 posted on 07/10/2015 4:29:14 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: HoosierWordsmith
Corker is such a slippery weasel!

I guess that's an adequate translation of what I would say... just mine would be full of F-Bombs.

59 posted on 07/10/2015 4:32:44 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Dave346

Iran has a full and complete dossier on Barack Hussein Obama. His early life in Indonesia, radicalization in college, his early ties to Chicago communists, everything.

Same for John Kerry (who served in Vietnam).


60 posted on 07/10/2015 4:35:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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