A former Israel defense minister isn't mincing words: Expect Iran to go nuclear, and expect more violence in the Middle East.
“Israel has been, and should be, operating under the assumption that Iran is going for and will probably acquire nuclear weaponry; there’s no doubt in my mind that this is what is happening,” Moshe Arens told the Israeli newspaper Algemeiner on Thursday. “Whether the Iranians actually use this weaponry — or when — is a different question."
Arens, who also served as Israel’s ambassador to the United States, also said Islamic terrorist groups in the region will benefit from President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.
“We do know that the increased funds flowing to these organizations will have serious consequences and a pernicious influence across the Middle East. There will be bloodshed, but Israel is a strong country,” Arens said, the Algemeiner reported.
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Senate Democrats blocked a Republican resolution to kill Obama's nuclear deal on Thursday. Republicans needed 60 votes to end a Democratic filibuster but were only able to secure 58.
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Obama called the procedural win “a victory for diplomacy, for American national security, and for the safety and security of the world,” the New York Times reported.
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday in broken English, however, Israel will not exist by 2040.
Israel "will not see [the] next 25 years,” the nation's supreme leader said via social media, WND reported. "After negotiations, in Zionist regime they said they had no more concern about Iran for next 25 years. I’d say: Firstly, you will not see next 25 years. God willing, there will be nothing as Zionist regime by next 25 years. Secondly, until then, struggling, heroic and jihadi morale will leave no moment of serenity for Zionists.”