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Source: http://nypost.com/2015/02/21/irans-israel-intentions/
Iran's Israel Intentions
(New York Post) Editorial - Israel is the one nation whose existence is most threatened by Iran. Understand this and you understand why the Israelis are so alarmed by the deal President Obama is trying to strike with Tehran. Understand this and you also understand that it gives Jerusalem a far different stake in these talks than the nations negotiating the deal. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told American Jewish leaders last week: "A regime that openly calls for Israel's destruction would thus finally have the means to realize its genocidal aims." When the president first began negotiations with Iran, he said the purpose was to halt Iran's nuclear program. Now, it seems, the purpose is to delay it. But a rogue state with an unquenchable thirst for nukes cannot be managed. Trying to keep Tehran a year or so from producing WMDs will neither solve the problem nor end the threat.