EHUD BARAK: Israel and US must now unite to stop Iran’s nuclear program

Former PM condemns Netanyahu over his failure to prepare an Israeli-US ‘Plan B’; says Bennett must co-operate more with the US to develop a joint strategy

What Israel must do to stop Iran's nuclear program By Ehud Barak (Ynet)
In an exclusive piece for Ynet, ex-premier Ehud Barack writes Netanyahu's policy failures cost Israel opportunity to prepare a military response to Tehran's nuclear ambitions; he says Israel and US must now unite their efforts

'Self-delusion': Former PM Barak Slams Bennett and Netanyahu Over Iran (Haaretz)
In a Ynet op-ed, Barak says that while the 2015 nuclear deal was bad, Israel missed a golden opportunity through its policy's 'promiscuous negligence' to ramp up its independent actions against Iran

What AIPAC is telling Congress on Biden's Iran negotiations (Haaretz)
The most prominent pro-Israel lobby in Washington has outlined five principles for the U.S. to push ‘in the face of ineffective talks’ with Iran. On the left, meanwhile, J Street is supporting the president's diplomatic effort

Israel will protect itself against Iran if world won’t, Herzog warns new US envoy (Times of Israel)
Presenting his credentials, Ambassador Tom Nides pledges to work closely with Israel to counter Tehran, says Abraham Accords no replacement for deal with Palestinians

Israeli official on Iran nuke site blast: ‘We don’t ask a man what he did at night’ (Times of Israel)
Deputy Defence Minister Alon Schuster says Israel will use military means in extreme situations, a day after an explosion near Natanz that Tehran said was an air defence test