Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog[/caption]Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog has condemned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu�s anti-Iran speech at the US Congress, saying Israel is still isolated after the speech.
�The painful truth is that after all the applause, Netanyahu was left alone and Israel was left isolated, and the negotiations [on Iran�s nuclear program] will continue without any Israeli involvement,� Herzog said.
The opposition leader also said that Netanyahu�s speech undermined US-Israel ties.
�This speech badly damaged US-Israel relations. It won�t change the [US] administration's stance, but will only widen the rift with our greatest friend and strategic ally,� he noted.
In a speech to the US Congress on Tuesday, Netanyahu depicted Iran as a "threat to the entire world� and called on Washington not to negotiate a �very bad deal� with Tehran over its nuclear program.
"We've been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. Well this is a bad deal, a very bad deal, We're better off without it," he said.
He claimed that a final nuclear agreement with Iran will change the Middle East for the worst as �not a single [Iranian] nuclear facility would be demolished.�
In reaction to the speech, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the Israeli prime minister is trying to have a disruptive effect on the Islamic Republic�s nuclear negotiations with world powers.
US President Barack Obama also said that Netanyahu�s speech contained �nothing new.�
The latest round of nuclear talks between Iranian and US delegations came to an end in�the Swiss city of Montreux on Tuesday.
The two-day negotiations were headed by the Iranian foreign minister and his US counterpart John Kerry.
Iran and the P5+1 group - Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany � are negotiating to narrow their differences over the Islamic Republic�s nuclear energy program ahead of a July 1 deadline.
By Press TV
