November 23 2013
In a conference call with think tanks and advocacy groups sympathetic to the Obama administration’s strategy with Iran, the official said Israel’s stance would “close the door on diplomacy” and would “essentially lead to war.”
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency obtained a recording of the conference on condition that the participants remained anonymous.
The official expressed frustration with Israel’s pushback against the US proposal for a “first step” agreement with Tehran that would exchange some modest sanctions relief for some restrictions in Iran’s nuclear energy program
From Albawaba
