“We must all stand together to stop Iran's march of conquest, subjugation and terror," Netanyahu said on Tuesday in a speech expected to escalate his campaign against US President Barack Obama's Iran diplomacy.
Netanyahu acknowledged the tension at the start of his speech and thanked Obama for his support during his time as president.
"I know that my speech has been the subject of much controversy... That was never my intention," he said.
"The remarkable alliance of Israel and the United States has always been above politics. It must always remain above politics."
But his rhetoric quickly shifted focus to Iran - which he said could not be trusted.
"Iran has proven time and again that it cannot be trusted," no matter what it says about permitting verification of the terms of any accord designed to prevent it from getting such weapons, he said.
"The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons."
'Stop agression towards neighbours'
Netanyahu said that the proposed Iran nuclear deal would leave Iran with a "vast" nuclear programme and that the world should demand that Tehran stops its agression towards its neighbours before lifting restrictions.
"It doesn't block Iran's path to the bomb, it paves Iran's path to the bomb," Netanyahu said...........................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/netanyahu-addresses-congress-150303154849376.html3/3/15
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress contained “nothing new,” and offered no “viable alternatives.”..
ReplyDelete“As far as I can tell there was nothing new,” Obama said from the Oval Office. “On the core issue, which is how do we prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, which would make it far more dangerous and would give it scope for even greater action in the region, the prime minister didn’t offer any viable alternatives.”
Earlier Tuesday, Netanyahu addressed both houses of Congress, calling for lawmakers to oppose a nuclear deal with Iran, saying, “This is a bad deal. It's a very bad deal. We're better off without it.”
Despite the Israeli prime minister’s opposition, the administration has maintained that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,” and negotiators from the P5+1 group of world powers – the U.S., China, France, UK, Russia, plus Germany, have until the end of the month to hammer out a political framework agreement with Iran.
A final deadline for a comprehensive accord is set for the end of June................http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/473494--obama-netanyahu-offered-no-viable-alternatives-to-talks
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