Bibi Uneasy Amidst Iranian Promises to Destroy ’Israel’

"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu excoriated world powers over their dogged pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, pointing to recent statements by officials in Tehran - notably their calls to eliminate "Israel."

In tones of moral outrage, Netanyahu issued a brief, infuriated statement to camera, protesting that the talks were continuing in Lausanne even as Iran reiterated its insistent goal of destroying the Jewish government.

"Yesterday an Iranian general brazenly declared, and I quote, ‘Israel's destruction is nonnegotiable,'" Netanyahu began, referring to a statement by Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the commander of the Basij military force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Netanyahu's comments came as diplomats from Iran and a group of six world powers, led by the United States, resumed negotiations over the terms of a nuclear deal, hours after a deadline for such a deal elapsed.

As the nuke talks came to an end with a possibility to reach an agreement, Bibi lashed the Islamic Republic of Iran with accusations and allegations of aggression in the Middle East.

Moreover, Netanyahu also slammed US President Barak Obama who was in favor of commencing talks over Iran's peaceful nuclear program - a step which aggravated the Zionist PM.

Netanyahu's reference to "those who have said" Iran did not require such capabilities marked the second time in two days that he had obliquely referred to comments made by President Barack Obama at the Saban Conference in December 2013, without citing Obama by name.

Accordingly, both - Bibi and Obama - had been bitterly at odds over strategies for thwarting Iran.
None the less, the Zionist prime minister claimed that "the concessions offered to Iran in Lausanne would ensure a bad deal that would endanger "Israel"..." and called on the international community "to insist on a better deal..."

Besides, Netanyahu feared the abolition of "Israel", thus he called on world powers to ensure that Iran "stops its threats to annihilate "Israel"."

At this level, the negotiators resumed talks in the Swiss resort town of Lausanne.

Stating that enough progress had been made to warrant an extension after six days of intense bartering, and eager to avoid a collapse in the discussions, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his British and German counterparts huddled in Lausanne to continue a marathon effort to bridge still significant gaps and hammer out details of a framework accord.

If they succeed, those understandings would form the basis for a comprehensive detailed agreement to be reached by the end of June.

After the talks last broke in the early hours of Wednesday, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said solutions to many of the problems had been found and that documents attesting to that would soon be drafted.

Therefore, asked how high the chances of success were, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said "I'm optimistic that we will make further progress this morning but it does mean the Iranians being willing to meet us where there are still issues to deal with."

Although the Chinese, French and Russian ministers left their deputies in charge, Kerry postponed his planned Tuesday departure to stay in Lausanne, and an Iranian negotiator said his team would stay "as long as necessary" to clear the remaining hurdles.

Officials said their intention was to produce a joint statement outlining general political commitments to resolving concerns about Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, and their intention to begin a new phase of negotiations to get to that point.

In addition, they were trying to fashion other documents that would lay out in more detail the steps they must take by June 30 to meet those goals.

Henceforth, Iranians from the very beginning of their nuclear program had denied military intentions; however, they were negotiating with the aim that a deal would end sanctions on their economy.

Source: Times of "Israel", Edited by website team