From: JNS News <editorkins.org> To: <jeevacationggmail.com> Subject: US and Israel now agree on opposing Iran deal, but remain unsure how to fix it Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:45:30 +0000 FEBRUARY 2. 2017 US and Israel now agree on opposing Iran deal, but remain unsure how to fix it At last, a real threat More than 70 evangelical leaders express support for Trump's Israel ambassador SUBSCRIBE TO JNS NEWSLETTER FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND The Iranian nuclear program's heavy water reactor near Arak. US and Israel now agree on opposing Iran deal, but remain unsure how to fix it By Yaakov Lappin/JNS.org Before being elected last November, President Donald Trump described the Iran nuclear agreement as "the worst deal ever negotiated" and said he would act to dismantle it. This position echoes the frequent comments on the deal by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yet it remains far from clear whether the defense establishments of Israel and the U.S. would like to see the nuclear deal canceled, despite the deep misgivings and concerns they both hold about the accord. Prof. Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and the founding director of the School of Communication at Israel's Bar-Han University, said there is wide agreement across the Trump administration that the nuclear deal is insufficient, yet it also "remains unclear how Trump and the Pentagon wish to fix its shortcomings....In Israel too, there is an agreement that the deal is not good, but there are disagreements over how bad it is, and what can be EFTA00679325