Netanyahu Is Said to View Iran Deal as a Possible Trap
By MARK LANDLER
Published: September 22, 2013
WASHINGTON Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, stepping up his effort to blunt a diplomatic offensive by Iran, plans to warn the United Nations next week that a nuclear deal with the Iranian government could be a trap similar to one set by North Korea eight years ago, according to an Israeli official involved in drafting the speech.
Mr. Netanyahu is scheduled to address the General Assembly next Tuesday, a week after President Obama and Irans new president, Hassan Rouhani, are to speak at the United Nations.
But the Israeli government, clearly rattled by the sudden talk of a diplomatic opening, offered a preview Sunday of Mr. Netanyahus hard-edged message, in which he will set the terms for what would be acceptable to Israel in any agreement concerning Irans nuclear ambitions.
A bad agreement is worse than no agreement at all, the Israeli official said, reading a statement from the prime ministers office that he said reflected Mr. Netanyahus remarks.
President Rouhani, in advance of his arrival in New York this week, has signaled a willingness to negotiate. The Obama administration, while professing wariness, is clearly intrigued by the possibility of resolving a problem that has bedeviled President Obama as long as he has been in office. And that, in turn, has deeply unsettled the Israelis.
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