A Mean-Spirited Israel Rejects Iran's Olive Branch

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By Sherwood Ross

Israel's mean-spirited response to Iran's olive branch actually illuminates its own aggressive posture. Along comes Hassan Rouhani, the new Iranian president, and instead of applauding his initiatives to meet with President Obama and resolve outstanding issues by diplomacy, Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz says "there is no more time for negotiations."

And although Rouhani only just took office last month, his appeal for negotiations was dismissed by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as a deceitful "charm offensive." "One must not be fooled by the Iranian president's fraudulent words," Netanyahu said. "The Iranians are spinning in the media so that the centrifuges can keep on spinning."

Yet, as Andrea Germanos of Common Dreams neatly summarized, "Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear program is for civilian purposes, and while the U.S. and Israel have repeatedly referred to Iran's "nuclear weapons program,' there is no proof that exists."

Consequently, we have the spectacle of Israel, atop a veritable mountain of perhaps 300 nuclear weapons that it will not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency inspect, calling for the U.S. to escalate its threats against Iran, which has exactly zero nuclear weapons. We also have UN member Israel threatening, and urging the U.S. to threaten, another UN member with military force, a violation of the UN Charter.

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1. A Mean-Spirited Israel Rejects Iran's Olive Branch

The US should proceed carefully, but it should proceed.

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2. whatsamatta with you, you trust Iran? n/t

[badtoworse]

3. Trusting Iran would be sheer stupidity. Does that really need to be pointed out?

If they were serious, they'd stop the centrifuges and open up for inspection. Absent that, only an idiot would trust them.