Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, 8 Sivan, met with US Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and told him at the start of their meeting:

“We welcome the partnership, bipartisan, with the United States because we think that the relationship between Israel and the United States is a precious asset for both countries. Everyone in Israel thinks as I do.

As we are meeting, the P5+1 talks are reconvening, and I�m afraid they�re rushing to what I consider is a very bad deal. I see no reason to rush to a deal and certainly not a bad deal that paves Iran�s path to the bomb, but also fills Iran�s coffers with tens of billions of dollars to pursue its aggression throughout the Middle East and around Israel�s borders. I think it�s important to apply pressure to get a better deal, one that avoids these two pitfalls, and I believe that this is necessary and urgent and possible for both our countries. I will say this: ISIS is in the news. Its murderous actions are horrific. As horrific as ISIS is, once Iran, the preeminent terrorist state of our time, acquires nuclear weapons, it will be a hundred times more dangerous, a thousand times more dangerous and more destructive than ISIS. I think we have to resist both ISIS and Iran. We shouldn�t give Iran a path to nuclear weapons and billions of dollars to pursue aggression because of ISIS. ISIS should be fought; Iran should be stopped.”

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)