Erdan: What does Kerry Want Us to Wait For?
Erdan: What does Kerry Want Us to Wait For? – Middle East – News – Israel National News.
Minister responds to Kerry’s criticism: Should we cry out only when the sword is at our necks?
By Maayana Miskin
Minister of Home Front Defense Gilad Erdan expressed surprise Thursday at United States Secretary of State John Kerry’s response to recent Israeli criticism of a proposed deal with Iran.
“I was shocked at Kerry’s statement asking why the Prime Minister had criticized the agreement being put together without waiting for it to be signed,” Erdan said, addressing a conference hosted by the Institute for National Security Studies.
“That’s an argument that I haven’t heard for many years,” he continued. “We’re talking about a state that wants to destroy Israel, and conditions that would allow it to carry out its plans.”
“What do they expect from the Israeli Prime Minister? That he not speak out when the knife is in [the attacker’s] hand – only when it is at our throats?” Erdan demanded.
Netanyahu’s criticism was helpful, he added. “It’s only thanks to the debate over the terms discussed in secret in Geneva that we may get better conditions,” he argued.
“Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and his friends can’t keep the smiles off their faces as they walk around Geneva,” he added. “They themselves cannot believe how easily they managed to dispose of the sanctions.”
Erdan warned against agreeing to an unfavorable “temporary” agreement. “Make no mistake – the ‘interim’ agreement will be the permanent agreement,” he stated.
“Everyone who is involved needs to know that as soon as Iran becomes a country on the threshold of nuclear power, it will start an arms race in the Middle East, and uncertainty in the region will increase,” he warned.
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WarSclerotic 
November 14, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Remember Pelosi’s famous line about Obamacare: “We need to pass it to find out what’s in it”!
Now Israel is finding out the international version of that.
November 14, 2013 at 5:20 PM
I will say I am enjoying this week. After 5 years of Obama’s radical policies both at home and abroad, for the first time people are going at him no holds barred.
For so long Obama has been protected from deserved criticism by his race – but with the twin disasters of Obamacare and Iran reaching boiling points at the same time, the armor has finally come off.
November 14, 2013 at 5:47 PM
Mark, I understand the feeling of vindication.
At the same time, I’m seeing the US sink into multiple catastrophes and Israel being threatened with a complete sell-out and being left to stand alone against the Mullahs.
Sorry Mark, it’s a week I’d much rather forget than savor.
November 14, 2013 at 6:46 PM
Hear you, JW.
On the other hand, I have a feeling that the very minute it becomes crystal clear to the leaders of this country that we are, yes, standing our ground, alone, and everything we have and everything we are as a nation is at stake….that’s the moment we’re gonna see some real game-changing going on. And most likely not a moment too soon.