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Why Is Netanyahu's Speech to Congress Key for Israel's Security?
(Al-Monitor) Arye Mekel - The agreement now being worked out with Iran is terrible and dangerous, and it will enable the Iranians to continue and advance in their efforts to become a nuclear nation, or at least a nearly nuclear nation. This is the assessment of many experts in the U.S., Israel and elsewhere. Moreover, Iran doesn't hide its hostility to Israel and its desire to destroy the Jewish state. What should an Israeli prime minister, whatever his name, do? Sit with his hands folded, or warn by every means possible about the danger which, in Netanyahu's view, is the most serious threat to the Jewish people since the Holocaust? It is clear that it would be preferable to work in cooperation with the American president, as Israel has always tried to do. Netanyahu, who was educated in the U.S. and is very familiar with the American experience, would have preferred to work together with Obama. Unfortunately, the president sees the Iranian issue differently. Ambassador Arye Mekel is a veteran Israeli diplomat.