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Israel's Wish List for a New Iran Deal
(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - Fully and effectively preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is the first priority for Israel, before stopping Tehran's ballistic missile program and malign actions throughout the Middle East, senior Israeli officials involved in formulating Israel's strategy said last week. If the Biden administration enters into talks with Iran, Israel will seek to ensure the weak points of the 2015 nuclear agreement are not part of the new deal. Those include removing the sunset clauses on uranium enrichment and including "anywhere, anytime" inspections of Iran nuclear sites, as opposed to Tehran being forewarned as the deal currently requires. Those are far more important to Israel than stopping Iran's ballistic missile program and malign activities in the region. Israel is not looking for a fight with Biden, but a senior Israeli official noted, "In 2013 to 2015, the Americans deliberately misled us....There was no serious dialogue, and we were presented with a fait accompli. Israel was responding to what we considered to be American bad faith." Former national security adviser Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror added: "Those who say we lashed out at Obama are wrong. The Americans tricked us. In conversations between us, they hid the negotiations...with Iran."