
In a tweet
earlier this morning, the Prime Minister said as much: "We are strongly
opposed to the agreement being formulated between the world powers and
Iran that could endanger Israel's very existence."

And it's not the specifics of the deal that is the
problem, but the very notion of a deal involving the US and Iran. In
fact, his Minister of Defense declared that any deal would be a threat.
Netanyahu's hypocrisy is astounding. As I describe in A Single Roll of the Dice -- Obama's Diplomacy with Iran,
Netanyahu has always opposed diplomacy with Iran.

First, he pressed Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran
before talks began, presumably to ensure that the escalatory measure
would ensure that diplomacy never took off at all.

Again, such a measure would
ensure that diplomacy never took place -- the breakthrough in diplomacy took place once the US dropped that demand.
Third,
Netanyahu wanted Obama to continue Bush's rhetoric of insisting that
the military option remained on the table. Obama had famously stated
that the conflict with Iran could not beresolved by issuing threats.
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