America’s Rejection of the Nuclear Deal Didn’t Get Iran Closer to Developing the Bomb
Nor is Israeli opposition to the deal at fault.
March 16, 2021
America’s Rejection of the Nuclear Deal Didn’t Get Iran Closer to Developing the Bomb
Nor is Israeli opposition to the deal at fault.
In an interview in the Israeli press, the recently retired deputy head of the Mossad—that is, the person not picked to take over from the outgoing director—opined that Israel’s situation vis-à-viz Iran is worse now than it was in 2015. The former intelligence officer, known only as “A,” went on to criticize Jerusalem’s handling of the nuclear threat from the Islamic Republic, asserting that the ayatollahs would be further from getting the bomb if Prime Minister Netanyahu had not encouraged the U.S. to reject the 2015 nuclear deal. Jacob Nagel, a former Israeli national-security adviser, disagrees:
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