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Netanyahu plays the Iran card in Israeli politics

Can Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adjust to the possible change offered by the agreement with Iran?
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at his office in Jerusalem November 24, 2013. Netanyahu on Sunday denounced the world powers' nuclear agreement with Iran as a historic mistake that left the production of atomic weapons within Tehran's reach. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX15R0G
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When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before the cameras on Sunday morning (Nov. 24) at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, and, with severe demeanor, denounced the agreement between the superpowers and Iran as a historic mistake, he was speaking to Israeli public opinion.

That very same morning, the agreement with Iran, which was signed in Geneva, was already a fait accompli, and the Israeli Prime Minister’s expression of outrage and offense couldn’t change a thing.

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