(Al-Monitor) Arad Nir - A senior official in Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office said they are hoping for a "resounding moral majority" in the Congressional vote on the nuclear agreement with Iran, even if it's not a "veto overruling majority." Netanyahu stresses in conversations that opposition to the deal is growing. He believes that Americans are concerned that the agreement increases the Iranian threat to the U.S. itself. Netanyahu believes that, in the long run, the greater the majority in Congress against the agreement, the greater the legitimacy Israel will enjoy when it points to Iranian violations of the agreement, which he has absolutely no doubt will be revealed.
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