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Obama: Iran nuclear deal not contingent upon recognizing Israel
by Joseph Earnest April 7, 2015
Newscast Media WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has rejected a call by Israel for any nuclear agreement with Iran to be conditional on Tehran's recognition Israel, branding it a "fundamental misjudgment".
Obama told NPR yesterday that demands for Iran to recognize Israel go beyond the scope of the agreement.
"The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing Israel, is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms," he said in a drive to sell the deal to a hostile Congress.
"And that is, I think, a fundamental misjudgment."
Tel Aviv reacted angrily to the historic framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program announced last week, with a final accord due by June 30.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded Sunday that Iranian recognition of Israel be written into the agreement.
Intelligence minister Yuval Steinitz told journalists Monday that while an earlier pledge by Obama to back Israel's security was appreciated, it did not outweigh the potential threat of a "nuclear-armed" Iran.
"If Iran will produce nuclear weapons, this is an existential threat to Israel," Steinitz said.
"Nobody can tell us that backing and assistance are enough to completely resist or to neutralize such a threat." Add Comments>>
Source: Al Manar TV news
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