Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sounding the alarm over the Biden administration’s attempt to renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal, warning it will create a “nuclear powder keg” from the Middle East.
The former prime minister issued a stark warning about the dangerous consequences of restarting the deal and how doing so would affect the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East and beyond. “What will happen is that other countries in the Middle East will pursue their own nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu warned on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. “So this agreement, which is supposed to stop nuclear weapons in the Middle East and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in that neighborhood and beyond, will actually cause nuclear proliferation and the Middle East will crossed by nukes It will make the Middle East a powder keg, a nuclear powder keg.” “This is madness,” he continued. “This is the height of stupidity. This should not be done.” ISRAEL SAYS Iran REJECTS FINAL NUCLEAR DEAL OFFER: ‘TIME TO GO’ FILE – In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo released by the Office of the Iranian President, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Presidency, Mohammad Berno, File) A report said earlier this week that the Biden administration is closer to agreeing to a deal amid ongoing negotiations as Iran has abandoned concessions that previously acted as roadblocks. Some of these now-rejected requests reportedly relate to the terrorist designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and investigations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “I think this is a horrible deal, a dangerous deal that will open Iran’s road to gold, a gold-paved highway to a nuclear arsenal,” Netanyahu said. “If Iran has nuclear weapons, it doesn’t just threaten my country, Israel, or the entire Middle East and America’s allies. They threaten you directly because at the same time as they are developing nuclear weapons, they are developing the means to deliver them to all continents. .” “So you could have an Iran ruled by these fanatical ayatollahs who would hold every American city hostage with nuclear weapons,” he continued. “I think this is a threat to the peace of the world, and that makes this horrible deal easier. It’s even worse than the first.” The Biden administration has faced criticism for pushing to revive the Iran nuclear deal, even after revelations of assassination plots targeting Trump administration officials in recent weeks. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Critics worry that restarting the deal will fuel Iran’s terrorist regime and backfire both regionally and internationally. National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby told Fox News on Tuesday that Biden “understands” the concerns of Israel and neighboring countries, but remains determined to rejoin the JCPOA and use diplomacy as a means to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities.
Bailee Hill is an associate editor with Fox News Digital.