US rejects Bennett's criticism of nuclear deal: "Mistake must not be repeated and a diplomatic opportunity rejected"
A spokesman for the US State Department told Walla!
Because the most senior figures in the Israeli defense establishment at the time of Trump's retirement from the nuclear deal now believe that this was a mistake with terrible consequences.
"Reciprocal agreement is the best diplomatic way to ensure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons"
Lightning Ravid
21/02/2022
Monday, 21 February 2022, 18:27 Updated: 19:50
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In the video: Bennett: The emerging agreement with Iran will create a violent environment in the Middle East (Photo: Roni Kanfo)
The Biden administration this evening (Monday) rejected the criticism voiced by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in his speech last night on the emerging nuclear agreement.
A spokesman for the US State Department told Walla!
Because the most senior figures in the Israeli defense establishment at the time of retirement from the nuclear agreement believe that this was a mistake.
"We must not make the same mistake again and postpone another opportunity for diplomatic progress," he said.
In his speech yesterday, Bennett came out against the emerging agreement with Iran and revealed details from the talks taking place in Vienna.
Among other things, Bennett claimed that Iran was demanding from the United States as a condition of return to the agreement to remove the Revolutionary Guards from the list of terrorist organizations in the United States government.
"We are looking at Vienna, and we are very disturbed by what we are seeing," the prime minister said.
"For Israel and for all the stability-seeking forces in the Middle East, the emerging deal could create a more violent and less stable Middle East."
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Bennett and Biden at their meeting (Photo: Official Website, US President's Twitter Page)
A spokesman for the US State Department told Walla!
"Washington is aware of the Israeli prime minister's remarks, but declined to say whether the details Bennett revealed from the talks are accurate." We will not respond to the media about details from the talks, "he said
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"We believe that diplomacy alongside coordination with our allies in the region is the best way to achieve this goal," he said.
"Mutual return to the nuclear deal is the best diplomatic way to ensure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons."
A U.S. State Department spokesman responded to Bennett's remarks by stressing that a number of former senior members of the Israeli defense establishment, including "those who were in the most senior positions," had publicly stated that the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal had dire consequences.
Representatives of the powers and Iran in the nuclear talks (Photo: Reuters)
The main source of the US State Department spokesman
is Gadi Izenkot, who served as chief of staff at the time of the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. Izenkot said in an interview with Maariv a few weeks ago that the withdrawal from the nuclear deal was a "strategic mistake".
The US State Department said that the US envoy to Iran and other senior officials in the Biden administration were talking to their Israeli counterparts almost daily. "We will continue to consult with the Israeli government on the way forward," the senior US official said.
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