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DonViejo

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 05:35 PM Jan 2017

Israeli Intelligence Agencies to Netanyahu: Dont Push Trump to Revoke Iran Deal [View all]

Source: Mediaite

by Joe DePaolo | 4:27 pm, January 20th, 2017

Israel’s intelligence community is urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to push President Donald Trump to revoke the Iran nuclear deal, despite widespread opposition to the deal from many political leaders and much of country at large when the deal was signed 18 months ago.

According to Haaretz, Israeli intelligence organizations, who were initially critical of the deal, now believe it to be “stable,” and think that Iran is adhering to the terms.

Amos Yaadlin, a former Israeli chief of military intelligence, said that if the US nixes the deal, Israel could be held responsible by other global powers.

“(P)recisely the act of cancelling the agreement will negate the legitimacy of our positions in the international community,” Yaadlin said. “When a conflict with Iran develops, the other powers will blame us for dragging Trump into doing this. They will not come to our aid.”



Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/israeli-intelligence-agencies-to-netanyahu-dont-push-trump-to-revoke-iran-deal/

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