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Israeli Minister Responds to U.S. Energy Secretary: If I Were American, I Would Oppose the Iran Deal


(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - After U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told a delegation of Israeli reporters that if he were Israeli, he would support the nuclear deal with Iran, Israel's Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said Tuesday that "if I were American, I would oppose the agreement." "I would oppose the agreement because it ensures from the start that 10 years from now, Iran will become a nuclear power capable of producing dozens of atomic bombs per month....I would oppose the agreement because, even in the short term, inspections are not immediate, or invasive enough, as was promised from the start....I would oppose the agreement because it hurts the national security of the U.S., of Israel and of all the Western nations."
2015-08-05 00:00:00
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