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Naftali Bennett Defends Bibi's Speech to Congress about Iran
Israel's Economy Minister and head of the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party Naftali Bennett appeared on Fox News on Sunday. Bennet explained why Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should and must speak before Congress about the lethal and global threat posed by a nuclear Iran.
Bennett rejected the idea that the letter sent by Iran's Supreme Leader is anything more than "standard Iranian delay and deceit tactics." He said that Iran's very clear goal is to achieve a nuclear weapon and it is "playing around" with the West, as it has been doing for the past decade.
"Iran has already violated six consecutive United Nations Security Council Resolutions," Bennett reminded the Fox News interviewer. He said the Iranian leaders are laughing at the Free World. "They're progressing while we're fiddling around," Bennett said.
"A decade ago Iran was not allowed even one centrifuge," but with the current deal "they will be permitted to have 6 - 7,000 centrifuges spinning," Bennett warned.
In response to the interviewer's query about what kind of deal should the world be seeking from Iran, Bennett said "Iran must dismantle its nuclear weapons program."
Bennett also pointed out that there is no need for any centrifuges in order to have nuclear power. Canada, Spain, Switzerland and twenty other countries have nuclear power without centrifuges. The only reason Iran claims to need to have any centrifuges is in order for it to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
On his Facebook page Bennet wrote this about his Fox News appearance: "We won't apologize for fighting for our existence."
