The speech Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave at the US Congress in early 2015 helped the Barack Obama administration to gain support for the landmark Iran nuclear deal, according to senior Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky.
Netanyahu has been boasting recently about the controversial speech, claiming it is what led US President Donald Trump to announce he would withdraw the United States from the multilateral nuclear accord with Iran.
Last week, Trump refused to certify the nuclear agreement with Iran, and warned he might ultimately terminate it, in defiance of other world powers and undermining a landmark victory of multilateral diplomacy.
Trump’s speech about the Iran deal signaled a major shift in US policy and detailed a more confrontational stance toward Tehran over its civilian nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
In an interview with Haaretz published on Tuesday, Schakowsky said…