Israeli media review: Is Bibi going back to Congress over Iran deal?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/is-bibi-going-back-to-congress-over-iran-deal-israeli-media-review/108861/

Even before the historic nuclear agreement with Iran was announced Tuesday morning, Israel’s most widely read newspaper was parroting the prime minister’s condemnations of what he termed “a deal at any cost.” The front-page headline in Israel Hayom, which is regarded as a mouthpiece for Netanyahu, read: “A deal full of holes; concessions at any cost.”

Writing in Israel Hayom after the deal was signed a few hours after the newspaper went to print, former Israeli ambassador and Netanyahu ally Zalman Shoval wrote that the battlefield must now move to Congress, where Israel must convince the Americans not approve the agreement. Shoval goes on to warn that Israel’s considerations regarding its relationship with the U.S., “both in general and specifically when it comes to the Palestinian issue,” will change.

Writing in the Jerusalem Post-owned Maariv website, leading columnist Ben Caspit lamented what he described as Netanyahu’s personal failure. The only thing Netanyahu has been talking about, to anybody who will listen, at any opportunity, and for 20 years, Caspit wrote, is stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Israel’s prime minister could have gotten a better deal, Caspit argued, if only he had played things smart — if he had been nicer to Obama, if he had appeased the administration and the world. “But Netanyahu preferred Sheldon [Adelson] and [Ron] Dermer and the radical settlers instead of the rational path.”

[louis-t]

1. Of course he will.

He will continue to whine and insist we attack Iran for him.

[geek tragedy]

2. don't approve his visa, and he won't nt

[Scootaloo]

3. I'd be more worried about Israel not letting him back in

And we'd be stuck with him.

[geek tragedy]

4. Who'd they replace him with, Bennett? nt