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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/diplomatic-negotiation-in-the-face-of-oriental-bargaining/
Diplomatic Negotiation in the Face of Oriental Bargaining
(Israel Hayom) Amb. Freddy Eytan - As a rule, Western diplomats negotiate for a better future and to secure a solid agreement, while the Iranians, Qataris, or Turks behave like carpet merchants in an oriental bazaar. They seek only immediate gain without considering the long term. How can American negotiators accept that a rogue state, on the verge of bankruptcy, presumes to dictate the agenda and condition all the issues that will be raised during the negotiations? When defense and security issues are at stake and threats against Israel are omnipresent, the security of the State of Israel is not to be bargained with, and Trump cannot grant the mullahs a lifeline. Netanyahu must unequivocally reject any nuclear agreement that does not also include ballistic missiles, an end to Iranian support for Hizbullah, the Houthis, and Hamas, and a halt to the daily threats to annihilate the Jewish state. The writer, a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, is a former Foreign Ministry senior adviser who was Israel's first ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.