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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899351
A Weak Iran Deal Could Rescue Tehran's Regime
(Jerusalem Post) Brig.-Gen. (res.) Jacob Nagel - A memorandum of understanding that consists only of meaningless Iranian declarations renouncing nuclear weapons while providing sanctions relief, financial resources, a partial solution to the Hormuz issue, and postponing all other critical matters to future negotiations would be a catastrophic mistake, and a deal it would have been better not to reach at all. Linking this memorandum to the developments in Lebanon would be highly problematic. I am convinced that Prime Minister Netanyahu has made it clear to President Trump that Israel will not accept any such commitment. Following the military campaign's success and Iran's unprecedented weakness, the U.S. should have continued its maximum-pressure campaign in Hormuz, expanded the naval blockade with an aerial component, and conducted extensive strikes against the regime's main interests, while simultaneously holding discussions regarding a future settlement. Only sustained and credible military pressure, combined with an intensified blockade, may persuade the Iranian leadership to alter its behavior. The writer served as National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu and as head of Israel's National Security Council.