{"id":341795,"date":"2017-12-31T07:38:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T06:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/us-israel-sign-pact-to-counter-iranian-threat-white-house-official-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T07:38:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T06:38:53","slug":"us-israel-sign-pact-to-counter-iranian-threat-white-house-official-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/us-israel-sign-pact-to-counter-iranian-threat-white-house-official-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Israel sign pact to counter \u2018Iranian threat\u2019 \u2013 White House official \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israel and the US have agreed a partnership to deal with the various aspects of \u201cIran’s malign activities,\u201d according to a National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson. <\/p>\n

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“The two delegations agreed on a general framework for future cooperation regarding Iranian malign activities,”<\/em> the official told Sputnik on Friday.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, Israeli Channel 10 reported that Washington and Tel Aviv signed a strategy and policy document on Tehran, following discussions between Israeli and US intelligence and defense agencies on December 12. The talks were said to have been headed by the US national security adviser, H. R. McMaster and his Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat.<\/p>\n

Channel 10 reported that the document is designed to translate into \u201csteps on the ground\u201d<\/em> the ideas laid out by US President Donald Trump in his October 13 speech on Iran, in which he all but ditched the Obama-negotiated Iranian nuclear deal, according to unnamed sources. Trump stopped short of breaching the accord, but \u201cdecertified\u201d<\/em> his support for the agreement, leaving its fate in the hands of Congress.<\/p>\n

Specifically, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and president Trump agreed behind closed doors to set up joint teams to handle what they both believe amounts to an \u2018Iranian threat.\u2019<\/p>\n

Four separate teams would be reportedly be set up to curtail Iranian power. The first would deal with \u201cIranian activity in Syria and Tehran\u2019s support for the Hezbollah terror organization.\u201d<\/em> Another division will oversee \u201cdiplomatic and intelligence activities\u201d<\/em> aimed to confront Iran\u2019s nuclear weapon \u201cambitions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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A third group would monitor Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program and its purported efforts to build \u201caccurate missile systems\u201d<\/em> in Syria and Lebanon. Finally, a fourth unit would keep tabs on groundwork for any escalation by Iran and\/or Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Trump regularly slammed Obama\u2019s nuclear deal with Tehran on the campaign trail, warning the US could pull out of the landmark agreement at any time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot and will not make this certification,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cWe will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror and the very real threat of Iran\u2019s nuclear breakout.\u201d<\/em> The EU criticized American threats to withdraw from the deal by reminding Washington that the P5+1 initiative was not a bilateral agreement. Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, warned in October that efforts to renegotiate the Iranian deal would jeopardize international security, as it \u201cmay bury this important agreement in the sphere of strategic stability and nuclear non-proliferation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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