Lapid
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Lapid questions PM's Iran deal strategy: 'May be too late'
Yesh Atid Leader Yair Lapid says that while Netanyahu's aim to undo the US-led nuclear agreement with Iran is understandable, the deal may be too late to stop; 'It needs to be determined whether it is even possible to cancel the Iranian nuclear deal,' says Lapid; Netanyahu has stated the deal will not prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons capability.
Leading Israeli opposition politician and Yesh Atid Leader Yair Lapid questioned on Monday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's goal of dismantling the international community's nuclear deal with Iran.
Lapid told foreign reporters that while he also dislikes the deal, it may be too late to stop it.
Lapid (Photo: AFP)
"The United States is not the only player. The Chinese, the Russians, the Europeans are already inside Iran signing deals," he said. "It needs to be determined whether it is even possible to cancel the Iranian nuclear deal."
The 2015 agreement imposed curbs on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions.
Netanyahu has said the deal will not prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons capability. He plans to lobby US President-elect Donald Trump to undo the deal.
