TIMES OF ISRAEL
by Raphael Ahren and staff
August 4, 2015

In response to US counterpart, who said he’d support Iran deal if he were Israeli, energy minister charges pact ensures Iran will be nuclear state

Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz hit back Monday at US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, declaring that if he were American, he would oppose the Iranian nuclear deal. Steinitz was responding to a comment Moniz made to Israeli reporters earlier in the day, in which he indicated that he would support the nuclear deal with Iran even if he were Israeli. “If I were American, I would oppose the agreement,” Stenitiz said in a statement released to the press….“I would oppose the agreement because it ensures from the outset Iran’s becoming a nuclear power capable of producing dozens of atomic bombs per month, ten years from today. I would oppose the agreement because it is likely to lead to a nuclear arms race between Iran and the Sunni Arab states – in complete contravention of the avowed policy of the US,” he said. READ MORE