It has never been fully explained why Israel opposes U.S. attempts to stop Iran from making a nuclear weapon. The position appears to be at odds with Israeli interests.
Is it because Iran would get sanctions relief as part of the deal, the deal being limitations on her nuclear program? That does not make sense.
ABC reports, "Israel's prime minister urged President
Joe Biden and Western powers to call off an emerging nuclear deal with Iran, saying that negotiators are letting Tehran manipulate the talks and that an agreement would reward Israel's enemies.
"Yair Lapid called the emerging agreement a “bad deal” and suggested that Biden has failed to honor red lines he had previously promised to set.
“The countries of the West draw a red line, the Iranians ignore it, and the red line moves,” Lapid told reporters at a press conference in Jerusalem. An emerging deal, Lapid said, “does not meet the standards set by President Biden himself: preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear state.” (The last is a lie, and what red line? Lapid does not explain.)
"Biden has been eager to revive the 2015 deal, which offered sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear program. The original deal unraveled after then-President
Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018 and reimposed sanctions, with strong encouragement from Israel.
"It remains unclear whether the United States and Iran will be able to reach a new agreement. But the Biden administration is expected to weigh in on Iran's latest offer in the coming days. With an agreement appearing close, Israel has stepped up its efforts to block it."
Because of Trump's horrible decision to destroy the Iran nuclear agreement, Iran has increased its uranium enrichment.
IAEA "experts warn Iran has enriched enough uranium up to 60% purity — a short technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90% — to make one nuclear weapon should it decide to do so. However, Iran still would need to design a bomb and a delivery system for it, likely a months-long project," ABC.
Iran is a Russian ally.
Perhaps Lapid was talking about the red line drawn by the Trump administration. Iran ignored Trump's red line, but there is a new sheriff in town.