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Israel Suggests that Washington Ramp Up Sanctions on Iran to Level Imposed on Russia
(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Israel has suggested an alternative to the nuclear deal with Iran, sources revealed on Thursday. During talks in Israel last week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked how Israel would stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Iran can be deterred from enriching uranium to military grade if it knows the U.S. and European countries will ramp up sanctions to the level they've imposed on Russia after invading Ukraine. He also told Blinken that the nuclear deal will only be "a band-aid" solution for just a few years. At the same time, it will give Iran billions of dollars that it would use for its regional malign activities and to arm its proxies, a senior State Department official and an Israeli senior official said.