In the United States, Benny Gantz joins the campaign against the draft Iranian nuclear agreement

Benny Gantz is in the United States for meetings about the proposed Iran nuclear deal, a subject of particular concern to Israel.

AP - Manuel Balce Ceneta

Text by: RFI Follow

1 min

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz joins the campaign against signing a new Iranian nuclear deal.

He is in the United States for meetings on this subject which is of particular concern to Israel.

Advertising

Read more

With our correspondent in Jerusalem

,

Michel Paul 

It is in unison that the Israeli leaders are attacking the project of agreement on the Iranian nuclear.

The latest with the Israeli Minister of Defense who begins a series of meetings with American officials on Thursday.

We will do everything to bring our influence to the agreement, says Benny Gantz.

Israel will be able to retain its freedom of action, he adds.

The day before, it was the Israeli Prime Minister who had underlined this: “ 

If an agreement is signed,

affirmed Yair Lapid,

it will not commit Israel.

 " 

We will be able to act to counter the Iranian nuclear program

 ", proclaims the head of the Israeli government.

And he also claims to have told several European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, that at this point in the negotiations, you have to stop and say: “ 

Enough is enough.

 »

In the middle of the Israeli election campaign, the leader of the opposition Binyamin Netanyahu also made his voice heard: “ 

If I am elected Prime Minister, I am the only one who can stand up to the United States.

 Pessimist, a columnist for

Yediot Aharonot

, one of the most widely read newspapers in Israel, titled his article: “ 

Too late.

 »

To read: Iranian nuclear: Tehran demands new concessions from the United States

Newsletter

Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox

I subscribe

Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application

google-play-badge_FR

  • Israel

  • Nuclear

  • United States