Obama Calls Netanyahu In Attempt To Abate Anger Over Iran Deal

November 25, 2013

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Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin. (Proverbs 10:14)

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US President Barack Obama spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to brief him on the deal struck between the P5+1 and Iran in Geneva late Saturday night. (Photo: The Official White House Photostream/Wikimedia Commons)

In a pre-scheduled phone call on Sunday, US President Barack Obama spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to brief him on the deal struck between the P5+1 and Iran in Geneva late Saturday night, according to The Times of Israel.

Obama alledgedly told the PM that  the US will remain committed to Israel and its safety.Obama added that the US would not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon under any circumstances, and would confer with Israel about future negotiations with Tehran over a final agreement.

“The two leaders reaffirmed their shared goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” deputy White House spokesman Josh Earnest told a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.

According to US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, Obama told Netanyahu that he wants the two sides “to begin consultations immediately regarding our efforts to negotiate a comprehensive solution.”

“The President underscored that the United States will remain firm in our commitment to Israel, which has good reason to be skeptical about Iran’s intentions,” Shapiro wrote on Facebook.

Israeli TV news reported late Sunday that Netanyahu was “extremely angry” with Obama over the deal, that he fears the international sanctions regime will now crumble, that the US had not come clean to Israel over a secret back channel of talks with Iran, and that Israel’s military option for intervening in Iran is off the table for the foreseeable future now that the interim deal is done.

“The president provided the prime minister with an update on negotiations in Geneva and underscored his strong commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, which is the aim of the ongoing negotiations,” the White House said.

The report added that the two leaders agreed to “stay in touch on this issue.”

An Obama administration official who spoke to Reuters said that the phone call had been “very long,” though the official declined to provide further information about the two leader’s discussion.

This was Obama and Netanyahu’s first official discussion of the deal.

 

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