Inside Israel’s Bid to Derail Iran Pact

A common denominator is Ron Dermer, a Gingrich aide in the 1990s and now Netanyahu’s ambassador to Washington.

Nuclear power plant in Iran. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) announced that she would support the nuclear deal, providing the crucial 34th vote for President Barack Obama to sustain a veto against any effort by Congress to squash the agreement.

A statement on the PSC website says: “Netanyahu bears direct responsibility for the war crimes identified by the United Nations Human Rights Council following Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza last summer”.

Nadler’s Democratic colleagues, although on the other side of the issue – Senator Chuck Schumer and Representatives Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey and Steve Israel – quickly denounced the “egregious” and “malicious” attacks on Nadler and the rising vitriol in the debate. He has already fired them up in the Iran campaign.

“Traditional Values Coalition has been aggressive in its opposition to the Iran Deal, mobilizing millions of Christians represented by our network of 43,000 churches, ministries and grassroots activists, lobbying members of Congress sitting on the fence that a wide bi-partisan opposition to the Iran Deal exists, and arguing forcefully that the alternative to this bad deal is not war – it’s a better deal“. Leading that often energy have been Israel and its buddies within the United States (Us all), that missed to get footing having spent an incredible number of income hoping.

In the 14 month until the presidential election, Bibi’s support will be crucial in mobilizing a few super-rich Jews and millions of evangelicals for the Republican candidate.

The message is Obama is undercutting American security and endangering Israel. Israel was not a participant in the negotiations, and its defense needs could have been, and still should be, handled by means other than getting mired in bitter arguments over whether Congress should disapprove the accord.

In the short term, because of AIPAC’s influence on political contributions, change will come slowly, but it is coming. The strip, which is home for more than 1.8 people, has been under an Israeli blockade for more than 9 years. And Israel is an ally of the US. “The damage he has done within the US Jewish community is a catastrophe of historic proportions”, said David Lachmann, a Hill veteran and former Nadler staffer. “We need to examine how we reached the point at which Israel’s national security has been harmed”, he said.

After passing the 10,000 signatures threshold, the British government responded by saying that “foreign heads of state enjoy immunity from the legal process, and can not be arrested or detained”.

The Iran agreement heightened sensitivities all around, and significantly increased the fears of Israel and the Arab GCC states about Iranian capabilities and intentions.

This may be a good time to examine why Prime Minister Netanyahu broke all diplomatic precedents by actively opposing an American president on a major American debate, especially when it was probable that Obama would win.