Israeli opposition leader to visit Washington over Iran deal

The deal, which reduces Iran’s stockpile of fissile material and dismantles some of its nuclear research sites, was finalized earlier Tuesday.

“They have taken it to a new level, and any senator who votes for this is voting for a nuclear arms race in the Mideast, and is voting to give the largest state sponsor of terrorism $18 billion”, Graham said. Marco Rubio, a staunch critic of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy moves. This is an historic mistake!

In Iraq, which like Iran is predominantly Shiite, a spokesman for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called the deal “a catalyst for regional stability”. Cotton argues that “the text of the deal explicitly says the West will help Iran protect their nuclear capabilities from sabotage”.

The claim heard from political elements to the effect that the personal relationship between myself and President Obama affected the nuclear agreement is absurd. Of course, the desire to make an agreement brought about the result that it did.

JERUSALEM/RIYADH: Israel and Saudi Arabia have strongly condemned the nuclear deal concluded between major powers and Iran on Tuesday. This activity embraced many fields.

Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, sent cables to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Rouhani congratulating them on the “historic agreement”. He insists that Iran is on a “sure path to nuclear weapons”.

“Without such a change, we can not build anything positive, and this will have consequences on the region and its people”.

This is the time to unite and create a united front on a fateful issue for the future of the State of Israel.

“We will always defend ourselves”.

GREENE: All right. That is reaction to this nuclear deal with Iran in Israel, a country that has been very critical of the deal.

They also worry that their traditional defense partner, Washington, is not taking seriously enough their concerns about what they consider Iran’s “destabilizing acts” in Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East. “Meanwhile, the hope that global sanctions will be able to simply ‘snap back” if Iran transgresses the agreement appears highly unlikely to work in practice, once sanctions are eased and business relations with Iran start to normalise.

The lack of official responses from Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies reflected huge nervousness about a deal set to end the pariah status of Iran, already Riyadh’s main rival for influence across the Middle East, and unchain its economy from crippling sanctions. AIJAC calls upon both the US Congress, and all governments of goodwill around the world, including Australia’s, to subject the deal to maximum scrutiny and meticulous consideration before its enactment, and the most careful and strict monitoring and enforcement in the event it is enacted. It receives billions of dollars’ worth of aid from U.S. taxpayers which has enabled it to pursue its colonial ambitions and aggression in the region while making threats to those who challenge its illegal actions and human rights violations.