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Israel-US Spat: A Help to Iran?

posted on September 13, 2012

Tom Peter reports for The Christian Science Monitor on the tensions between Israel and the United States regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been critical of the United States’ failure to draw a “clear red line” to indicate at what point it would take military action to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. However, “despite the recent rhetoric, Israel and the US have most of the same beliefs,” writes Peter. “If diplomatic feuds keep them at odds, it may make the situation easier for Iran by weakening the alliance of those who oppose it.”

Read at The Christian Science Monitor