Washington – A nuclear deal with Iran does not yet exist, and therefore Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot know what is in it, US State Department Jen Psaki said on Thursday.
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“We’ve seen this movie before,” Psaki said of skepticism from leadership in Israel over the nuclear talks.
Earlier this week Netanyahu said that the current proposal to Iran would endanger Israel.
“It would enable Iran to breakout to its first nuclear device within an unacceptably short time,” Netanyahu told a gathering of American Jewish leaders in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu also said he knows the contents of a framework proposal, offered to Iran by the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany last month. But the Obama administration is skeptical.
“It sounds like he knows more than the negotiators,” Psaki said, responding to claims that Netanyahu knows the details of the deal.
Netanyahu’s scheduled speech before Congress continues to be a contentious issue in both Washington and Jerusalem.
Leading Democratic Senator Charles Schumer called on his fellow Democrats on Thursday to attend the address next month, saying the Israel-US relationship should “transcend” any political differences.
“It’s always been a bipartisan policy,” Schumer said of the US-Israel relationship.
“Democrats and Republicans have always worked together on it, we ought to keep it that way.”
Some Democrats, including Vice President Joe Biden, have said they will not attend the speech.
Schumer, a ranking member of his party, was instrumental in altering the strident tone of the US-Israel relationship in the summer of 2010, after Biden’s disastrous visit during which Israel announced the building of homes in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem. At that point, Israeli-US ties hit a nadir.
After he went on the radio in New York criticizing US President Barack Obama for pushing Israel too hard, the president’s tone changed dramatically.
On Tuesday, when asked whether he thought Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner “blindsided” Obama with his invitation to Netanyahu, the senator said on WAMC Northeast Public Radio that he thought it was a “bad idea” because “our policy toward Israel should always be bipartisan.”
So immature. Like as if Israel doesn’t know the details…
That Bibi is an idiot that would put a newborn to shame… He certainly thinks that he is the teacher of the world. Like a baby he proclaims that he knows best. For some reason the image of a little baby comes to mind. Let that newborn baby suck the bottle.. After all he knows more than the ENTIRE world.
Contrary to the prevalent opinion that Obama is a “Muslim-Lover” or any such idiotic rhetoric, the President of the United States does not wish a “war” to erupt as so many of you claim will happen.
Bibi Netanyahu is just a right wing extremist who deems anyone that does not share his views as “heedless”. By addressing Congress he will not divulge secrets there, he will just propagandize his positions, thereby insulting our dear President.
In any case, Benjamin Netanyahu get please get his well deserved rest, and shut his mouth.
To #2 and 5 (might be same person) how much money does J Street pay you for posting giberrish? $9.00/hour
There is no alternative to Bibi.!!!!!!
Pray for him.
I can with confidence call President Obama Hussin an out right Anti Semit, Jew hater.
Mr. Netanyahu, Don’t let another Arafat bully the Jews to submission. Stand Tall.
Stand proud.
Fight for Jewish Nation.