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Israeli Prime Minister: Iran Deal Exacerbates ‘Biggest Security Problem We Face’ [VIDEO]

Christian Datoc Senior White House Correspondent
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday told CBS’ John Dickerson on “Face the Nation” the Iran nuclear deal puts the country, “on the path to a much bigger nuclear arsenal,” exacerbating the world’s “biggest security problem.”

NETANYAHU: [The Iranian] regime has just received a dream deal. They’re getting a deal that may block or delay its path to one or two bombs for the next few years — assuming they don’t cheat — but paves their way to many, many bombs after a decade or so because they will become a threshold state with full international legitimacy, and to boot, they also get a cash bonanza to fund their terrorists and aggression against [Israel], the region, America and the world. I think this is a very bad deal with a very bad regime. It’s not good for anyone’s security…

Look, I think the biggest danger is the dual threat that is posed against Israel and against our Arab neighbors — many of the Arab leaders speaking to me see eye-to-eye with me, as does the leader of the opposition here in Israel — this deal by itself is the biggest security problem that we face.

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