(Times of Israel) Raphael Ahren - Israel forcefully rejected Thursday President Obama's assertion that critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran have failed to present better options. "We have consistently laid out an alternative, which is a better deal that actually blocks Iran's path to the bomb and links the lifting of restrictions on Iran to tangible changes in Iranian behavior," a senior Israeli official said. The official also disagreed that it would have been impossible to keep up the international sanctions regime against Iran. "We don't believe that sanctions would collapse; on the contrary, we sincerely believe that the sanctions can be maintained in place, if there is American leadership on this matter....If you're a German or a Swiss company and want to do business in Iran but in so doing have to give up on the American market, it's a no-brainer. If forced to choose between the American or the Iranian economy, what are most rational people going to do?" "The entire international community is not backing the deal. There is a lot of opposition to it, especially from countries in the region," the official added. "Iran's neighbors - those who know Iran best - are united in opposition to the deal."
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