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Source: https://www.jns.org/israel-must-put-its-own-military-option-on-the-table/
Experts Warn of Dangers of Open-Ended U.S.-Iran Negotiations
(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - Nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran, which began in Oman on Saturday, have raised questions about the risk of Tehran's exploiting the diplomatic track to gain time and legitimacy for its nuclear program. Prof. Eitan Gilboa, an expert on U.S.-Israel relations at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, said Iran-U.S. talks contradict longstanding Israeli strategic positions. "Netanyahu does not believe in negotiations. He does not believe that they will produce an agreement. And if they will produce an agreement, Iran is not going to implement it. Netanyahu has been advocating a military action - preferably only by the United States or by the United States together with Israel....As long as negotiations with Iran are going to be held, there's no military option. Iran is known for exploiting negotiations endlessly to avoid any restrictions about its nuclear program." Gilboa stressed three key questions: How long will the talks go on for, is the U.S. seeking the complete dismantling of the nuclear program, and would any agreement also cover the Iranian ballistic missile threat. Netanyahu told the Israeli Cabinet that he had requested that Trump impose a time limit on the negotiations with Tehran and that Israel is fully coordinated with the American administration on Iran. Gen. Chuck Wald, USAF (ret.), former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command and a fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, said, "We can't treat the Iranians the way we wish they were. We have to treat them the way they are. I have very little faith that the negotiations are going to work, and I have a real high probability in mind that we're going to have to do something militarily."