Netanyahu rails against United Nations for supporting Iran deal

He also protested the 10- and 15-year expiration dates for a few of the deal’s key provisions. Israeli leaders had demanded that the deal include a provision requiring Iran to recognize Israel as a state, but President Barack Obama called that a “fundamental misjudgment”.

“Does anyone seriously believe that flooding a radical theocracy with weapons and cash will curb its appetite for aggression?” he asked.

Netanyahu has been a vocal critic of the agreement that was reached among the US, five world powers, and Iran in July, claiming it would threaten the survival and security of his nation.

“Utter silence. Deafening silence”, added Netanyahu, before falling silent for 45 seconds from the rostrum.

“Iran’s been doing all of this… just in the last six months, when it was trying to convince the world to remove the sanctions”, Netanyahu said.

“Perhaps you can now understand why Israel is not joining in celebrating this deal”, he said.

Netanyahu said that the nuclear deal, which gives Iran access to roughly $100 million in previously frozen assets, among other concessions, will pave the path to an Iranian nuclear bomb even if it continues its campaign of destabilizing violence in the Middle East. “The Palestinians should not walk away from peace”.

“The real question now is not whether the deal is a foregone conclusion but whether Iran developing nuclear weapons is a foregone conclusion”.

And as in the past, Netanyahu’s speech included an attention-grabbing rhetorical device.

The Oslo Accords are a series of peace agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s, and they have served as the basis of cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians with an ostensible ultimate aim of a two-state solution. We will also discuss the peace process. He laid out the arguments against the U.S./Iranian deal negotiated by our Secretary of State certainly at the direction of our President.

The meeting took place at UN Headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the annual high-level debate of the UN General Assembly, which continued for the fourth day here on Thursday.

Netanyahu, in turn, blamed Abbas for rejecting Israeli peace offers and again called on him to enter negotiations without preconditions. “I know it’s hard”, said Netanyahu, whose government is one of Israel’s most right-wing ever.

On Thursday, he urged his audience to “stand with Israel as we check the fanaticism at our door”, adding: “More than ever, Israel is defending you”.