JPOST
Why is Israel silent on the looming Iran deal?
Yaakov Katz
August 31, 2023

…All indications are that the United States under President Joe Biden is close to reaching an interim deal – or at the very least some sort of unwritten understanding – with Iran that would see Tehran scale back its uranium enrichment in exchange for billions of dollars. US prisoners held in Iran have been released, Iran has reportedly slowed down enrichment and even diluted some of its stockpiles, and still Netanyahu is quiet. Yes, his office put out a statement a couple of weeks ago after the prisoner release was announced, but it was a written statement and was nothing compared to the way the prime minister used to speak about Iran in the past… Netanyahu needs Biden to close a normalization deal with [Saudi Arabia] and if he starts fighting with the president over Iran, that could turn the president off from wanting to help advance Israel’s ties in the Middle East. READ MORE