Posted on 04/14/2015 5:24:45 PM PDT by SJackson
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued to raise the red flag over the Iranian nuclear deal this weekend, while getting some unexpected support from a neighbor.
"In the last few days, Iran has shown again why it can't be trusted," Netanyahu said in a videotaped statement in English.
Meanwhile, Egyptian TV personality Tawfik Okasha called Netanyahu "our dear friend" and suggested Israel take out the Bushehr Nuclear Reactor.
"Put your trust in God and bomb it," Okasha said. "We are with you and if you need fuel for the jets, we will give it to you."
That's a big switch for Egypt. For decades, its media and press were among some of the most virulent anti-Israel in the world.
Netanyahu continues to be at odds with the United States and international powers over a nuclear deal that Netanyahu has called a "bad deal."
"Iran insists on maintaining its formidable nuclear capabilities with which it could produce nuclear bombs. Iran insists on removing all sanctions immediately. And Iran refuses to allow effective inspections of all its suspect facilities. At the same time, Iran continues its unbridled aggression in the region and its terrorism throughout the world," Netanyahu said.
The Israeli prime minister said now is the time for the international community to get a better deal with Iran.
So let me reiterate again the two main components of the alternative to this bad deal: first, instead of allowing Iran to preserve and develop its nuclear capabilities, a better deal would significantly roll back these capabilities -- for example, by shutting down the illicit underground facilities that Iran concealed for years from the international community.
"Second, instead of lifting the restrictions on Iran's nuclear facilities and program at a fixed date, a better deal would link the lifting of these restrictions to an end of Iran's aggression in the region, its worldwide terrorism and its threats to annihilate Israel," he said.
Netanyahu said that Iran is the one who needs a deal more than anyone and that should encourage the international community not to make "dangerous concessions" but rather "fortify its original demands for a better deal."
"We must not let Iran, the foremost sponsor of global terrorism, have an easy path to nuclear weapons which will threaten the entire world," he added.
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Never heard of the guy. But he has a Wikipedia page . Says he owns a political commentary tv channel, has been called an opponent of Egyptian liberals and revolutionary youth activists, and until late June 2012 was considered "a staunch supporter" of Egypt's ruling military council (SCAF).[5] and is referred to as "Egypt's Glenn Beck". Wonder if Iran has a political commentary TV channel
It has a ring to it.
I’ll second that emotion
I wrote this article more than three years ago.
Trust no one bearing gifts who call you my dear friends from Egypt.
The prophecy of Eygpt about to be fulfilled ?
Aswan high Dam ?
Ezekiel 29 30 ?
A nuke from Iran hitting Eygpt’s Aswan high dam ?
Obama wants Iran to have the bomb as a counterweight against Western imperialism.
Obama is a ‘50s commie throwback who also happens to be president.
The destruction of Iran’s nuclear weapons program will require a ground invasion. My last hope is for an Arab coalition, maybe even an Arab coalition secretly cooperating with Israel
If true, this is vey series.
Egypt, run by the Muslim Sisi, has defended the Coptic Christians in her borders.
Egypt cares more about Israel’s security than Team Obama?
Hmmmm... I like it!
This guy is a character with a huge TV audience.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfik_Okasha
“A former member of parliament for the former ruling National Democratic Party, Okasha has also been called “Egypt’s Glenn Beck”
Not just Egypt, but Jordan as well..when the Jordanian pilot was burned alive by ISIS, who was the first person to call and offer his condolences, but BiBi Netanyahu..not everyone in the middle east is buddy buddy with Iran, many are terrified of Iran getting that bomb because they know that Iran can take them out too
Isaiah 19!
The new great power in the middle East will be Egypt. From that ancient land will come the reforms to Islam and a new empire based on stability and in time prosperity. Moslem Botherhood is done.
true.
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