Rebutting criticism from US President Barack Obama, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said that he had offered a “practical alternative” to the prospective nuclear agreement being worked out between six world powers and Iran to foil Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. “I got the impression that they better understand that the current proposal would lead to a bad deal and that the alternative is a better deal,” Netanyahu said after returning to Israel from his controversial US visit.
“The response I received from both Democrats and Republicans was very supportive,” the Israeli Premier said emphasising that both Democrats and Republicans now better understand why the current agreement under discussion is deeply flawed. The Israeli leader said that he presented “a practical alternative” which will impose tougher restrictions on Iran’s nuclear programme that will extend “by years” the Islamic republic’s “breakout time”, or the time it would need to amass enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb.