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Tel Aviv Diary: Obama Exacts Cold Revenge on Netanyahu
by Marc Schulman
September 16, 2016

…The critics [of recently inked MOU], who also include Amos Yadlin, the former commander of military intelligence, posit that if Netanyahu had not addressed Congress in opposition to the Iran agreement, Israel would have been given better terms. They assert that Israel would have received more money and  without the two restrictions in the deal that may prove harmful to Israel. The first condition agreed to in the memorandum eliminates the long-standing practice of allowing Israel to use 25 percent of the aid for local purchases. The second is Israel’s commitment not to ask for any supplemental money from the Congress. Israel has further sent a letter committing  to return any extra money if Congress were to allocate it. READ MORE

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