By Marney Blom
Early Sunday morning the P5 + 1 nations – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (USA, Russia, Europe, UK, France) plus Germany – struck an interim deal with Iran to curb its ability to produce a nuclear bomb. The deal is comprised of a six-month agreement to partially freeze Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief and access to an additional $4.2 billion in foreign exchange.
While USA President Barak Obama hailed the agreement as “an important first step,” the Israeli Prime Minister labeled the deal as “an historic mistake.”
“Today the world has become a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world has taken a significant step toward attaining the most dangerous weapon in the world,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The Iranian regime is committed to the destruction of Israel, and Israel has the right and the obligation to defend itself, by itself, against any threat.”
The signing of the interim deal may signal an ever increasing divide between Israel and the international community – particularly in its perception of how to curtail the threat of a nuclear Iran. The result of this agreement may cause Israel to feel increasingly vulnerable, and if deemed necessary, to take action for its own self preservation.
“I would like to make it clear,” continued Natanyahu. “Israel will not allow Iran to develop a military nuclear capability.”
Marney Blom is news director for the Acts News Network.
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