The deal under negotiation between the six world powers and Iran would still leave it the capacity to produce dozens of nuclear bombs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday.
The agreement that is emerging now between the P5+1 countries – the United States, Russia, China, Great Britain, France and Germany – and Iran is unacceptable to Israel, Netanyahu said.
It “is dangerous for Israel, the region and the world,” he said as he explained that under its terms Iran would remain a nuclear threshold state.
“It leaves Iran with the ability to produce the material needed to produce a nuclear bomb within a few months, and later, it could produce dozens of nuclear bombs,” Netanyahu said.
“Israel strongly objects to this,” he said.
“As prime minister I want to be very clear on this point,” Netanyahu said.
“We will do everything to prevent Iran’s arms capacity and its ability to produce nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said.
He spoke during a visit with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to the Air Force’s space and rocket division in Yehud.
Israel, he said, faces many security challenges, of which the greatest threat is Iran.
Netanyahu made similar statements on Iran on Sunday both at a Likud event and at the weekly cabinet.
On March 3 he plans to address a joint session of the US Congress to urge American politicians to pass new legislation to increase sanctions against Iran.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
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