Netanyahu's nuclear blind spot
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reaction to the Iran nuclear deal shows a blind spot in his thinking — and a bit of hypocrisy.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the initial and welcome breakthrough that took place in Geneva between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany as “a historical mistake.”
This typical rush to judgment was an attempt to undermine an agreement that sets in motion relief of sanctions on Iran and a resumed negotiating process that, hopefully, leads to Iran’s full compliance with the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) which, by the way, Israel has never joined.
The audacity of Netanyahu to describe the agreement reached on Sunday, Nov. 24, as he did upon learning of the agreement, is a challenge to the collective judgment of the six major powers in the world.
He seems to think that he has a sort of a veto power.
