A US political commentator says Israel is striving to ensure that peace does not break out between the United States and Iran, but the tide has now turned against it.Eugene Michael Jones, who is a writer, former professor, media commentator and the current editor ofCulture Warsmagazine, made the remarks in an interview withPress TVon Wednesday.
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President Barack Obama and asked him to toughen sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear energy program. Netanyahu also demanded that Iran must fully dismantle its nuclear program.
A day later Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly that Israel is ready to act alone against Iran. "I want there to be no confusion on this point. Israel will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.
Israel, the US and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program and have used the unfounded accusation as a pretext to impose illegal sanctions on the country.
Jones said Netanyahus conditions are unacceptable and I think he knows they are unacceptable, and I think the whole point of this is to make any type of peaceful agreement impossible by setting demands that are too high that no nation could ever agree to. I think thats what his plan is. His plan is to make sure that peace doesnt break out.
There is a great fear among the Israeli lobby right now that peace might break out as a result of Obamas phone conversation with President Rouhani and his statement to Netanyahu that they are going to pursue this overture and see where it leads, he added.
The Israeli regime is widely believed to be the sole possessor of a nuclear arsenal in the Middle East with more than 200 undeclared nuclear warheads. Tel Aviv has rejected global calls to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and does not allow international inspectors to observe its controversial nuclear program.
I think the whole world is starting to see through Israels orchestration or attempt to orchestrate events in the Middle East. I think the one thing that Netanyahu did say that was the truth is that he said he came here to spoil the party, Jones sated.
I think the world changed over that weekend in September when the Pope had that prayer vigil, and then suddenly Obama decided that hes not going to attack (Syria), and suddenly Putin is a big player and theyre going to dismantle (Syrian chemical weapons)... all these things changed the world. And what you saw at this point is that the tide is now flowing in the opposite direction.
Last Friday President Rouhani was on the cover of the New York Times. Everybody wants peace now, nobody wants another war. The only people that want the war are Israel and the Israel lobby and theyre not part of the party anymore.
The tide is flowing in a different direction and now they all come across as kind of petulant angry warmongers that the tide is just leaving behind.
By Press TV
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