Quite simply, Israel is freaking out (Israel's media blitz against Rouhani)

[Serpentine]

Israel launches media blitz against Rouhani

In case you have not heard the word from Israel: Time has “run out”, there’s no time left for further negotiations with Iran, Iran will have a bomb in 6 months, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Quite simply, Israel is freaking out.

In a statement it says: “There is no need to be fooled by the words… The test is not in what Rouhani says, but in the deeds of the Iranian regime, which continues to advance its nuclear program with vigor while Rouhani is being interviewed.”

And Netanyahu cries wolf: “… A recalcitrant state that develops or acquires weapons of mass destruction is certainly likely to use them. It is possible to say that ultimately it will use them.”

So what’s the urgency all of a sudden? Well: Obama and Rouhani will likely meet next week at the UN, Obama has stated that there is a “potential of resolving” the nuclear issue with Iran diplomatically, and everyone’s talking about Iran’s “U.S.-targeted public relations initiative by Rouhani“.

Rouhani has taken to twitter to reach a western audience (although he doesn’t personally type them); his feed lit up over his op-ed yesterday in the Washington Post in which he declared an end to “the age of blood feuds”. The op-ed came just two days after he gave an exclusive interview to NBC News.

Listen to the undercurrent of excitement in Andrea Mitchell’s framing on NBC News:

Mitchell: This is a very, very big deal. I can tell you at the White House and at the highest levels of the State Department they were watching for this all day. They were looking for these signals in this interview. Because he made it very clear he wants a deal on the nuclear weapons. The president told José Díaz-Balart on Telemundo yesterday he wants to test his seriousness. That is what they are going to be looking for at the U.N. There is no formal meeting scheduled, they are not planning one. But unlike Ahmadinejad, his predecessor, you can very well understand that next week when both of them are at the U.N., the same time, the same place, they are going to look for an opportunity to see each other, to perhaps have a real conversation. And they believe that Iran wants this because of the sanctions, because they are crippling the economy, that the time is right but there is a short window to see whether Iran is serious, whether this man with a clerical background can do the deal. I was told by a top top State Department official they have been working on the back channel for two years and one of the significant players is the foreign minister Zarif who was the U.N. Ambassador and is well known to everyone in this administration.

“Top top State Department officials” say they have been working on this for 2 years.

And the timing couldn't be better.

Financial Times reports Netanyahu’s government has “long embraced the role of Cassandra” but with the prospect of leaders meeting with Rouhani, the country’s underlying worry is that “Israel is being outmaneuvered on a fast-changing diplomatic landscape”.

AIPAC is angered, calls for further sanctions and the threat of military action:

Pleasant rhetoric will not suffice…. sanctions must be increased… Strengthening the credibility of military action against Iran’s nuclear program is crucial if talks are to succeed.

Like clockwork, one of the lobby’s cherished minions, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, is pursuing a new congressional resolution authorizing the U. S. to use military force in Iran. He’s parroting (in video) the 6 month time frame too. But he may be a day late and a dollar short.

MSNBC’s The Maddow Blog: Lindsey Graham already queuing up the next conflict:

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that this resolution won’t have a whole lot of co-sponsors. If most of the country and most of the Congress was highly skeptical about limited strikes in Syria, the appetite for a military confrontation with Iran is likely to be even more limited.

That said, I’m sure Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be delighted.

How many decades are we supposed to abide by Israel’s fear mongering? Netanyahu will address the UN General Assembly on October 1, in a speech focusing on Iran, again. The American public has heard Netanyahu cry wolf one too many times, and now he sees a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Cry me a river instead.

 

[flamer84]

That picture with Bibi Netanyahu and the cartoonish bomb draw at the UN makes me chuckle every time

@On topic-Let's see what the UN meeting brings and hope for the best for all parties involved.If the iranians are serious about dropping the nuclear program there's little that the israelis can do about the sanctions beeing lifted.

 

[Serpentine]

That picture with Bibi Netanyahu and the cartoonish bomb draw at the UN makes me chuckle every time

@On topic-Let's see what the UN meeting brings and hope for the best for all parties involved.If the iranians are serious about dropping the nuclear program there's little that the israelis can do about the sanctions beeing lifted.

We have signed the NPT and we have every right for a civilian nuclear program.So 'dropping' the nuclear program is off the table. But if you mean making the west believe that we are not after a bomb, then you are right, we should do it.

 

[flamer84]

We have signed the NPT and we have every right for a civilian nuclear program.So 'dropping' the nuclear program is off the table. But if you mean making the west believe that we are not after a bomb, then you are right, we should do it.

+1 on the nuclear civilian program
for the bold part-if Rohani thinks like you then probably the israelis are right.

 

[Serpentine]

+1 on the nuclear civilian program
for the bold part-if Rohani thinks like you then probably the israelis are right.

What's the problem in it?
We shouldn't show that we are not after the bomb? That's what the west has been shouting in past 10 years after all.

There should be a win-win deal: We will convince them that we are not making a nuclear weapon and they will lift all the sanctions.

 

[flamer84]

What's the problem in it?
We shouldn't show that we are not after the bomb? That's what the west has been shouting in past 10 years after all.

There should be a win-win deal: We will convince them that we are not making a nuclear weapon and they will lift all the sanctions.

Oh sry,i thought you meant "we trick them we are not after the bomb ,meanwhile we are preparing nuclear warheads".

 

[PeaceGen]

Israel launches media blitz against Rouhani
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Not surprising. But I do think we can trust the US administration to keep a lid on Israeli paranoia and haste about Iran.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

That picture with Bibi Netanyahu and the cartoonish bomb draw at the UN makes me chuckle every time

@On topic-Let's see what the UN meeting brings and hope for the best for all parties involved.If the iranians are serious about dropping the nuclear program there's little that the israelis can do about the sanctions beeing lifted.

Well, when it comes to the Iranian bomb BiBi can't sleep at nite.

Not surprising. But I do think we can trust the US administration to keep a lid on Israeli paranoia and haste about Iran.

The US can't solve every problem in this world

They've got their own inner business to take care of.

 

[airmarshal]

I feel happy when Israel react like this. It means, its not getting its way and that is a good thing for peace in Mid East and the world.

Israel is the biggest nuisance of the world. Its the promoter of war in Middle East.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

I feel happy when Israel react like this. It means, its not getting its way and that is a good thing for peace in Mid East and the world.

Israel is the biggest nuisance of the world. Its the promoter of war in Middle East.

Nuclear weapons are too dangerous indeed, but the Israelis appear to be overdoing it. Nearly every week we hear something similar from them.

 

[airmarshal]

Nuclear weapons are too dangerous indeed, but the Israelis appear to be overdoing it. Nearly every week we hear something similar from them.

What about Israel's nuclear weapons?

Why is Iran's nuclear weapon so dangerous? Iran not matter is shia, but is still your brother. So you may alienate your brother in sectarian hogwash and embrace your enemy?

Dont know if Saudis get it as they are too much into this sectarian rubbish.

 

[Arabian Legend]

We have signed the NPT and we have every right for a civilian nuclear program.So 'dropping' the nuclear program is off the table. But if you mean making the west believe that we are not after a bomb, then you are right, we should do it.

Not the west only but your neighbors as well. If you want to be clean then reach an agreement with the IAEA regarding your nuclear ambition, in another word, open up the gate for the IAEA team to approve that you are not going after the bomb, simple as that.

 

[haman10]

What about Israel's nuclear weapons?

Why is Iran's nuclear weapon so dangerous? Iran not matter is shia, but is still your brother. So you may alienate your brother in sectarian hogwash and embrace your enemy?

Dont know if Saudis get it as they are too much into this sectarian rubbish.

bro, they prefer even zionist which dont believe in god to iranian muslims because they are shia!!!

they ignore the fact that we are all muslims and shia and sunni islam differ in less than 1 percent of their religious ideas!!!

but still its okey , we dont give shyt!!!

instead of them being proud of iran for its achievements , they bark for israhell

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

What about Israel's nuclear weapons?

Why is Iran's nuclear weapon so dangerous? Iran not matter is shia, but is still your brother. So you may alienate your brother in sectarian hogwash and embrace your enemy?

Dont know if Saudis get it as they are too much into this sectarian rubbish.

I'm sorry but you misunderstood my point. I stated earlier that Iran reserves the right to take whatever measures necessary to secure its integrity.

bro, they prefer even zionist which dont believe in god to iranian muslims because they are shia!!!

they ignore the fact that we are all muslims and shia and sunni islam differ in less than 1 percent of their religious ideas!!!

but still its okey , we dont give shyt!!!

instead of them being proud of iran for its achievements , they bark for israhell

O o Why do you always jump the gun? :/

 

[Serpentine]

Not the west only but your neighbors as well. If you want to be clean then reach an agreement with the IAEA regarding your nuclear ambition, in another word, open up the gate for the IAEA team to approve that you are not going after the bomb, simple as that.

That's the mission in progress. The 'gates' are already open to IAEA, only some diplomacy and compromise is needed from both sides and this issue will be solved easily.