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Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/08/05/remarks-president-iran-nuclear-deal
Transcript: President Obama on the Iran Nuclear Deal
(White House) "No one can blame Israelis for having a deep skepticism about any dealings with a government like Iran's - which includes leaders who have denied the Holocaust, embrace an ideology of anti-Semitism, facilitate the flow of rockets that are arrayed on Israel's borders, are pointed at Tel Aviv. In such a dangerous neighborhood, Israel has to be vigilant, and it rightly insists that it cannot depend on any other country - even its great friend the United States - for its own security. So we have to take seriously concerns in Israel." "I recognize that Prime Minister Netanyahu disagrees - disagrees strongly. I do not doubt his sincerity. But I believe he is wrong."