Israeli PM Netanyahu: Israel is not obliged by 'first step' deal with Iran

Israeli PM Netanyahu: Israel is not obliged by 'first step' deal with Iran.(Jpost).

PM says Iran got exactly what it wanted, without giving anything in return; according to proposed short-term deal, Tehran would freeze its nuclear activities for 6 months, allowing more time to reach a permanent agreement."Israel utterly rejects it and what I am saying is shared by many in the region, whether or not they express that publicly. Israel is not obliged by this agreement and Israel will do everything it needs to do to defend itself and the security of its people," he said.

Kerry and Netanyahu met before the secretary of state was due to leave for Geneva at the invitation of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, to take part in the nuclear negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle were also asked to arrive at the Swiss city, making the signing of the deal on Friday all the more probable.

Netanyahu told reporters that Iran was getting "the deal of the century" and warned that signing a "first step" deal would bury "the possibility of having a peaceful resolution."

"I understand that the Iranians are walking around very satisfied in Geneva as well they should be because they got everything and paid nothing," Netanyahu said.

"Everything they wanted, they wanted relief of sanctions after years of a grueling sanctions regime, they got that. They are paying nothing because they are not reducing in any way their nuclear enrichment capability," he said.Read the full story here.