Israel multiplies warning on renewing nuke deal with Iran

Rina Bassist

Feb 3, 2021

An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency inspector disconnects the connections between the twin cascades for 20% uranium production at the nuclear research center of Natanz, some 300 kilometers south of Tehran on Jan. 20, 2014, as Iran halted production of 20% enriched uranium, marking the coming into force of an interim deal with world powers on its disputed nuclear program. — KAZEM GHANE/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images

Minister of Settlement Affairs Tzachi Hanegbi warned yesterday that Israel will have to decide whether to strike the Iranian nuclear program or come to terms with a nuclearized Iran. “The United States will never attack the nuclear facilities in Iran. Israel must decide whether it will accept a nuclear Iran. Israel will be forced to act independently to remove this danger,” said Hanegbi in an interview with the public broadcaster Kan.

"It’s possible that in the future there will be no choice [but to attack Iran militarily]. I hope that when our leadership is met with this dilemma, it won’t accept [a nuclearized Iran],” Hanegbi said.