Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a deal the U.S. and its allies are pursuing with Iran over its nuclear program is “very bad” because, according to him, it doesn’t take away the Islamic republic’s ability to ultimately obtain nuclear weapons.
“This is a bad deal — a very bad deal,” Netanyahu told a joint meeting of Congress today. “We’re better off without it.”
He said such a deal will “guarantee” that Iran gets nuclear weapons because it allows the Islamic republic to keep much of its nuclear infrastructure in place. And, he added, the alternative to a bad deal is not war, as some supporters of the deal with Iran have said, but “the alternative to this bad deal is a much better deal.”