In a briefing to international media on Wednesday, Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that “Israel doesn’t oppose any agreement. It opposes this agreement because it is a bad deal… from our perspective, it doesn’t comply with the standards set by President Biden: preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear state”. Lapid also mentioned that Israel is not part of the agreement and will act to stop Iran from becoming nuclear.
Later on Wednesday, a Saudi outlet published that Israeli F-35 aircrafts have infiltrated Iran’s airspace in recent months, during a large scale exercise conducted with the US above the Red Sea. On July 17th, Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi said in a speech that “the Israeli military is preparing for a military campaign against Iran for two reasons: one, is a scenario where there is no deal, and Iran proceeds towards becoming a nuclear state. The second reason is in case there is a bad deal, which doesn’t prevent Iran from becoming nuclear.” READ MORE
