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December 10, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/biden-administration-faces-hurdles-to-rejoining-iran-deal-97252422002?playlist=mmlsnnd_3096433-nnd

Israel: New U.S. Administration Should Speak to Its Allies Who Are in Danger from an Aggressive Iran

(MSNBC) Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday: "I would hope that the incoming administration would understand that 2020 is not 2015. We opposed the nuclear deal at the time. The Arab states also privately opposed it. We publicly opposed it because we were concerned, one, that it did not prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. It would put limited restrictions that would be removed in a few short years." "Secondly, because it was going to actually reduce and eliminate the sanctions on Iran, which would create a tailwind that would increase Iran's campaign of aggression in the region. And that's exactly what we saw happen between 2015 and 2018." "So what we would hope the new administration would do is to speak to your allies in the region....Speak to Israel, speak to the Arab states, try to form a common policy with us because we are on the front lines and we are in danger from an aggressive Iran."

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