Benjamin Netanyahu believes his speech to Congress has caused worldwide leaders to back off from an unwise nuclear deal with Iran.
“After my speech in Congress, we heard over the weekend from the foreign ministers of a number of world powers that they are not compelled to reach a deal as soon as possible,” the Israeli prime minster said Sunday before his weekly cabinet meeting, according to the Jerusalem Post, adding, “I hope that these comments will be reflected in their actions.”
Secretary of State John Kerry cautioned rushing into a deal with Iran after after talks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Saturday, sparking Netanyahu’s comments.
“We have to get the right deal,” Kerry said, adding that the U.S. and France are “on the same page” when it comes to strengthening the discussion about a nuclear deal with Iran.
Netanyahu reiterated in his Sunday address that “a good deal will condition the removal of restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program on a halt of Iran’s terror activity throughout the world, and of course a halt to its threats to destroy Israel.”
“We will continue to exercise every means to prevent the world’s greatest supporter of terror from gaining the ability to create a weapon that will endanger the world — a weapon that first and foremost will be directed at us,” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, warning about a too-soon deal with Iran and the threat a nuclear Iran could pose.
March 31 is the deadline for anoutline of a nuclear deal between Iran and a coalition of world powers that includes all the United Nations Security Council nations — Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States — in addition to Germany. The final agreement deadline is July 1.
