JERUSALEM POST
by Herb Keinon
January 22, 2015

US Secretary of State John Kerry had stated that an Israeli intelligence official said a tougher sanctions bill at this time would be “like throwing a grenade into the process.” In an extremely unusual step, the Mossad issued a statement on Thursday denying the intelligence agency was lobbying US lawmakers against stiffer Iran sanctions and saying that such legislation may lead to a collapse of talks with the Islamic Republic. The statement came as the climax to a bizarre series of events that ended with Mossad head Tamir Pardo contradicting a public statement made by US Secretary of State John Kerry. The incident started when Speaker of the House John Boehner invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a special joint session of Congress to speak about the Iranian threat and apparently back tougher sanctions, something many in the Republican-led Congress are supporting. READ MORE