A political source told Israel Today that the Israeli team is expected to recommend to the Americans: "Increase supervision and remove sanctions in exchange for stopping violations on the part of Tehran"
Along with the escalation in the south and in Jerusalem, senior members of Israel's top security policy, including Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and National Security Council chief Meir Ben Shabbat, are expected to leave the United States in the coming days to minimize damage, and even try to halt the US-Iran nuclear deal.
Iran unveiled new missiles and anti-Israel posters in a military parade last week
Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi announced the postponement of his visit, after he was scheduled to take off tonight for his first visit to the United States as chief of staff and to meet with the top security officials in the United States.
Kochavi also planned to discuss with his colleagues the efforts of Hezbollah to intensify.
It is not inconceivable that if the calm is maintained in the south, the chief of staff will consider not canceling the entire visit, and may take off this week for the US anyway.
On Thursday, Netanyahu convened a wide-ranging discussion, in which the Israeli strategy was formulated in light of the rapid progress in contacts between the parties in the Vienna talks.
A diplomatic source said after the hearing that the instruction to senior members of the defense establishment who are flying for talks in Washington is to express opposition to the agreement with Iran, and not to discuss it because it is a return to the previous dangerous agreement for Israel and the region.
According to the political source, if in the future there are serious contacts on the part of Iran about an improved agreement, Israel will state its position regarding the characteristics and content that such an agreement should have.
The political source added that the prime minister emphasized in the discussion that Israel is not a party to the nuclear agreement with Iran and is not committed to it.
He further clarified that Israel is committed to its security interests and will act only accordingly.
He further stressed that Israel's freedom of action will be preserved.
Another source who was updated in the content of the discussion told "Israel Today" that in addition to the principled opposition to the agreement, in practice the Israeli representatives are expected to present their American colleagues with some main recommendations.
One, to refrain from lifting full and comprehensive sanctions from the Iranians as the administration currently intends to do.
Instead, Israel believes that if the sanctions are lifted, then it should be done only in the form of "the abolition of an American sanction in exchange for the abolition of the Iranian violation."
The 2015 agreement stipulated that the Iranians would be given a three-week stay from the moment a breach of the agreement was suspected on their part until an international delegation of inspectors came to inspect the arena on the ground. Israel wants to deny the Iranians the possibility of blurring evidence, and therefore wants the Americans to include in the agreement a clause that allows inspectors to enter nuclear sites without prior notice.