by Yoni Hersch, Eli Leon, Yori Yalon, Israel Hayom Staff and Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: If we walk away from Iran deal, the loss of confidence in U.S. leadership could threaten dollar's position as world's reserve currency • President Reuven Rivlin: Like all Israelis, I'm deeply concerned by Iran deal.
U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry speaks about the Iran deal, Tuesday
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Violations by Iran of the arms embargo on it
or of the restrictions on its missile program would not force an
automatic reinstatement or "snapback" of United Nations sanctions under
the terms of the nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers last
month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. However, he
said other options would be available.
"The arms embargo is not tied to snapback,"
Kerry said. "It is tied to a separate set of obligations. So they are
not in material breach of the nuclear agreement for violating the arms
piece of it."
Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event, Kerry
also warned that if the U.S. walks away from the deal and demands that
its allies comply with American sanctions on Iran, a loss of confidence
in U.S. leadership could threaten the dollar's position as the world's
reserve currency.
"If we turn around and nix the deal and then
tell them, 'You're going to have to obey our rules and sanctions
anyway,' that is a recipe, very quickly ... for the American dollar to
cease to be the reserve currency of the world," Kerry said.
Meanwhile, in a column published in The
Atlantic on Tuesday, American Jewish journalist Jeffrey Goldberg
criticized the U.S. government's downplaying of the Iranian regime's
desire to destroy Israel.
Goldberg wrote, "I would like to see his
[President Barack Obama's] administration place slightly less faith in
the idea of regime rationality. ... The risks here are huge: The
administration, and supporters of the deal, are mortgaging the future to
a regime labeled by Kerry's State Department as the foremost state
sponsor of terrorism in the world, and a regime that seeks the physical
elimination of a fellow member-state of the United Nations and a close
ally of the United States as well."
With just over a month remaining before
Congress votes on the Iran nuclear deal, Republicans believed a decisive
majority of senators will oppose it.
Republican Senator John McCain, the chairman
of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said this week, "I am confident
we're gonna get to 60," referring to the number of senators who will
vote against the deal (the Senate has 100 members).
McCain acknowledged, however, that getting a
presidential veto-proof two-thirds majority (67 senators) against the
deal might be more difficult.
"The key will be the override of the presidential veto," McCain said. "That's where we gotta get 13 Democrats."
On Monday, former Senator Joe Lieberman (a
Democrat who became an independent toward the end of his political
career) was named chairman of the United Against Nuclear Iran group. The
non-profit, non-partisan advocacy group was founded in 2008 with the
goal of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
In Israel on Tuesday, President Reuven Rivlin
hosted at his residence in Jerusalem a visiting delegation of Republican
members of Congress.
"Along with Israelis on all sides of the
political spectrum, I am deeply concerned about the recent nuclear deal
signed with Iran," Rivlin said.
Regarding U.S.-Israel ties, Rivlin said, "The
U.S.-Israel relationship has known ups and downs. We must not be alarmed
by disagreements when they arise. Whatever Congress decides, it will be
your decision as representatives of the American people. We, as your
allies and partners, must make sure that whatever the result of this
vote, our strategic alliance stands and grows even stronger."
Yoni Hersch, Eli Leon, Yori Yalon, Israel Hayom Staff and Reuters
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=27521
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