New York Times fears Netanyahu demands
will cost Iranian jobs
BY T. BECKET ADAMS | APRIL 9, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "unworkable" demands on Iran threaten not only to scuttle a potential nuclear deal between Washington, D.C., and Tehran but may also lead to job loss in the Islamic republic, the New York Times editorial board warned this week.
One of Netanyahu's supposedly "unrealistic" demands regarding the pending nuclear agreement calls for Iran to shutter its underground enrichment facility at Fordo.
For the Times editors, this is unreasonable.
"Shuttering Fordo was an early goal, but, in the end, the agreement would allow Iran to keep a small number of centrifuges spinning and to produce medical isotopes at the plant," the Times' editorial board wrote. "For the Iranians, it was a matter of political symbolism and jobs to keep the plant open; Mr. Obama apparently felt there were enough protections that he could agree."
Netanyahu, who has long warned that a nuclear Tehran would likely set its sights on Israel, has "gone into overdrive against a nuclear agreement with Iran," the editorial board wrote.
The Israeli prime minster said this week that his new demands would ensure the safety of his country and his people, but the Times is convinced he will only undoe attempts by the U.S. to solve the issue with diplomacy.
"It would be preferable if every vestige of Iran's nuclear program were eradicated. But that was never going to happen, not least because Iran's know-how could never be erased," the Times wrote. "Iran's leaders would not accept a deal in which they did not maintain some elements of a nuclear program tailored for energy and medical purposes — not weapons."
Though the Times suggests that Netanyahu would see Iran stripped of all nuclear technology, none of the prime minister's demands — including a reduction in the number of centrifuges at Natanz, more thorough inspections and the reduction of Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles — would disallow the Shiite theocracy from maintaining "elements of a nuclear program tailored for energy and medical purposes."
Nevertheless, the Times remains convinced that Netanyahu's demands are simply "unworkable" and the prime minister is threatening all the ground supposedly gained by Secretary of State John Kerry.
will cost Iranian jobs
BY T. BECKET ADAMS | APRIL 9, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "unworkable" demands on Iran threaten not only to scuttle a potential nuclear deal between Washington, D.C., and Tehran but may also lead to job loss in the Islamic republic, the New York Times editorial board warned this week.
One of Netanyahu's supposedly "unrealistic" demands regarding the pending nuclear agreement calls for Iran to shutter its underground enrichment facility at Fordo.
For the Times editors, this is unreasonable.
"Shuttering Fordo was an early goal, but, in the end, the agreement would allow Iran to keep a small number of centrifuges spinning and to produce medical isotopes at the plant," the Times' editorial board wrote. "For the Iranians, it was a matter of political symbolism and jobs to keep the plant open; Mr. Obama apparently felt there were enough protections that he could agree."
Netanyahu, who has long warned that a nuclear Tehran would likely set its sights on Israel, has "gone into overdrive against a nuclear agreement with Iran," the editorial board wrote.
The Israeli prime minster said this week that his new demands would ensure the safety of his country and his people, but the Times is convinced he will only undoe attempts by the U.S. to solve the issue with diplomacy.
"It would be preferable if every vestige of Iran's nuclear program were eradicated. But that was never going to happen, not least because Iran's know-how could never be erased," the Times wrote. "Iran's leaders would not accept a deal in which they did not maintain some elements of a nuclear program tailored for energy and medical purposes — not weapons."
Though the Times suggests that Netanyahu would see Iran stripped of all nuclear technology, none of the prime minister's demands — including a reduction in the number of centrifuges at Natanz, more thorough inspections and the reduction of Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles — would disallow the Shiite theocracy from maintaining "elements of a nuclear program tailored for energy and medical purposes."
Nevertheless, the Times remains convinced that Netanyahu's demands are simply "unworkable" and the prime minister is threatening all the ground supposedly gained by Secretary of State John Kerry.
"Getting to a final deal won't be easy. Mr. Obama must continue to be tough and determined in the
coming months of negotiations. Israel's demands, however, must not become an excuse to scuttle
what seems to be a very serious and potentially groundbreaking deal," the editorial board wrote.
The tentative agreement between the U.S. and Iran announced last week was met with a fair amount of criticism — but not from the Times, which referred to the deal brokered by Kerry as "promising."
Netanyahu's "unrealistic" demands, the Times argued, threaten to undo the secretary's handiwork. Should the prime minister pursue the goals outlined, it "would not mean a better deal but no deal at all."
The tentative agreement between the U.S. and Iran announced last week was met with a fair amount of criticism — but not from the Times, which referred to the deal brokered by Kerry as "promising."
Netanyahu's "unrealistic" demands, the Times argued, threaten to undo the secretary's handiwork. Should the prime minister pursue the goals outlined, it "would not mean a better deal but no deal at all."
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