Israel says Iran deal worse than feared

Reuters:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned on Sunday the framework Iranian nuclear agreement being sought by international negotiators, saying it was even worse than his country had feared.

Israel has mounted what it terms an "uphill battle" against an agreement that might ease sanctions on the Iranians while leaving them with a nuclear infrastructure with bomb-making potential. Tehran says its nuclear programme is peaceful.

"This deal, as it appears to be emerging, bears out all of our fears, and even more than that," Netanyahu told his cabinet in Jerusalem as the United States, five other world powers and Iran worked toward a March 31 deadline in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Noting advances made by Iranian-allied forces in Yemen and other Arab countries, Netanyahu accused the Islamic republic of trying to "conquer the entire Middle East" while moving toward nuclearisation.

"The Iran-Lausanne-Yemen axis is very dangerous to humanity, and must be stopped," he said.
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One of the unintended consequences of the proposed deals is that the position of the Arab states on teh deal is virtually identical to that of Israel.  It has moved the issue of a Palestinian state far down their priorities as they all see Iran as an existential threat.

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