Israel's opposition to the powers' return to the nuclear agreement with Iran is in fact Israel's acceptance of Iran's being a nuclear threshold state.
This is what a Western diplomat involved in the nuclear talks with Iran tells Israel Today.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid oppose the US return to the agreement, as they believe its damage outweighs its benefit. The deal could cost billions of dollars to Iran's terrorist organizations throughout the Middle East.
On the opposition side, Israel knows that they will no longer be able to significantly influence the government's positions.
The question of whether or not there will be an agreement depends mainly on Iran, and the teams conducting the talks in Vienna are waiting for answers that will bring Iranian representatives to the latest proposal presented to them.
According to the Western diplomat, an inconsistent reality, which effectively freezes the current situation, is a reconciliation with Iran as a threshold state.
For many months now, Iran has been enriching uranium to 60 percent, which by all accounts does not require a civilian nuclear program.
Continuation of this condition, and while its advanced concentrates continue to be used, shortens its breakout time for full-scale enrichment to only a few weeks.
However, according to the Western diplomat, the current situation is precedent-setting for Israel and even exceeds the red line set by Netanyahu for Iran in a famous speech at the UN in 2012. As mentioned, the former prime minister said at the time that "the red line must be determined before Iran completes the "The second stage in nuclear enrichment will be enough to create a bomb, before it reaches a situation where it is months or weeks away from collecting uranium enriched with a sufficient amount to produce nuclear weapons."
Although Iran has made progress on its nuclear program, it has not yet crossed the line drawn by Netanyahu.
In case there is no new agreement, she will reach it and even pass it.
It should be emphasized, however, that Iran lacks significant components necessary for the production of a bomb, and therefore even without an agreement it will still be at a great distance from achieving military nuclear capability.
"Danger to the whole world"
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met yesterday with German Foreign Minister Annalna Barbock.
The Prime Minister presented the Israeli position, according to which the signing of a nuclear agreement with Iran is a mistake that would endanger the entire region.
Bennett stressed that a deadline must be set for the end of the negotiations, since its lengthening while continuing to enrich uranium, serves only the Iranian interest.
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Earlier, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with his counterpart.
Lapid said after the meeting: "A nuclear Iran is dangerous for the whole world. I also talked to the minister about the false and despicable attempt to describe Israel as an apartheid state. The use of the word specifically towards the people who suffered from racism most of all, is unforgivable."
Iran is hardening positions
The eighth round of nuclear talks continued yesterday in Vienna, and the Iranians continue to harden positions.
"The date for the end of the talks will be determined by the West's desire for its commitment to lift sanctions," said Amir Abdullahian, Iran's foreign minister.
In response, Lapid said: "Germany finances the use of the word 'apartheid' against Israel. B'Tselem, which led a campaign to brand Israel as an 'apartheid state', has received more than NIS 9.8 million from German public funds in the past decade." .
Damien Pachter was involved in preparing the article
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