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Exclusive: Israeli Opposition Leader Says He Supports U.S. In Nuclear Talks With Iran
Exclusive: Israeli Opposition Leader Says He Supports U.S. In Nuclear Talks With Iran
By Ben Armbruster
JERUSALEM — The leader of Israel’s main opposition party said on Tuesday that he supports the United States and its international partners, the so-called P5+1, in their negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program and he criticized current Israeli government officials for publicly attacking the Obama administration on the Iranian issue.
“I think the P5+1 are on top of it,” Israel’s Labor Party leader Yizhak Herzog said in an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress. Herzog said he did not want to preempt the talks with Iran by laying out what he believed should be part of the final deal. “There’s a lot of question marks,” he said. “I’ll leave it open.”
By contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of his cabinet have been publicly outspoken in their displeasure with the United States and its talks with Iran. Netanyahu said the first step nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., U.K, France, Russia, China and Germany) was a “historic mistake” and that, as part of the final agreement, he would accept nothing less than a full dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program, an option President Obama has said is “not available.”
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog reported last month that Iran is currently abiding by the terms of the interim agreement: reducing its enriched uranium stockpile and allowing expanded and more intrusive inspections at its nuclear facilities.
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http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/04/02/3421910/herzog-iran/
By Ben Armbruster
JERUSALEM — The leader of Israel’s main opposition party said on Tuesday that he supports the United States and its international partners, the so-called P5+1, in their negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program and he criticized current Israeli government officials for publicly attacking the Obama administration on the Iranian issue.
“I think the P5+1 are on top of it,” Israel’s Labor Party leader Yizhak Herzog said in an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress. Herzog said he did not want to preempt the talks with Iran by laying out what he believed should be part of the final deal. “There’s a lot of question marks,” he said. “I’ll leave it open.”
By contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of his cabinet have been publicly outspoken in their displeasure with the United States and its talks with Iran. Netanyahu said the first step nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., U.K, France, Russia, China and Germany) was a “historic mistake” and that, as part of the final agreement, he would accept nothing less than a full dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program, an option President Obama has said is “not available.”
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog reported last month that Iran is currently abiding by the terms of the interim agreement: reducing its enriched uranium stockpile and allowing expanded and more intrusive inspections at its nuclear facilities.
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http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/04/02/3421910/herzog-iran/