Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday he had no intention of driving a wedge with the United States over the new nuclear deal with Iran, which he believes Washington will sign no matter what. .
“In 2015, before the first deal, the rhetoric was at its peak, and it failed. The deal was signed,” Bennett told a conference hosted by the news site Ynet. “Not only was it signed, but after that Washington’s ears were closed to all other matters.”
“I don’t get into quarrels just for the sake of quarreling. I will only go to war if there is a real chance of success and a worthwhile goal,” he added.
According to Army Radio, Bennett told cabinet ministers on Sunday that Israel must choose its battles with the United States carefully, and that he was currently focused on deterring Washington from withdrawing the Guardian Corps. of the Iranian Revolution (IRGC) from the list of terrorist groups within the framework of the negotiations.
Prior to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, signed under President Barack Obama, then-Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu campaigned heavily against the deal, going so far as to deliver a speech to Congress. American, despite Obama’s support.
The deal was eventually signed, and Mr Netanyahu’s speech was seen as another rift in relations between Israel and this administration, as well as with the Democratic Party.
Mr Bennett said on Monday that the Americans “are fully committed to signing the deal, and they will.” But he added that “this time, unlike 2015,” Israel was prepared with a “massive buildup” of military might, “in the billions of shekels, at an almost unprecedented scope.”
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