Iran nuclear deal worries Five Towners

Though the recently agreed upon Iran Nuclear Deal appears like an oasis of peace out of a desert of continuing fighting and warmongering, those in the Five Towns who shared their opinions are not so enamored of the agreement.
The “historic deal” as it was hailed by publications and broadcast news reports some newspapers, is considered a “historic mistake” by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By the numbers, the deal would significantly reduce Iran’s ability to produce the fissile material needed to build nuclear weapons. This includes cutting the country’s number of centrifuges — what are used to enrich uranium gas — from 19,000 to 6,000 and its supply of enriched uranium from 12,000 kilograms to 300.
Despite this substantial reduction Martin Oliner, the mayor of Lawrence and chairman of the Religious Zionists of America, holds a dim view of the accord. “The deal is a bad deal,” Oliner said. “This will become United Nations international law and there is not much the next president can do about it. We have to do our part to make the world aware of the fact that America is in jeopardy of increased terrorism.”
The deal includes guidelines for oversight and verification to be conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors are supposed to have access to all of Iran’s major nuclear sites and monitor its nuclear infrastructure ranging from uranium mills to centrifuge storage sites, for up to 25 years.

“If my understanding of the agreement is correct, the deal between Iran and the six world powers will not alleviate the threat which Iran poses to the United States, Israel and to Iran’s Arab neighbors,” said Rabbi Steven M, Graber, spiritual leader of Temple Hillel in North Woodmere. The synagogue hosted an anti-deal rally on Sunday that included many spiritual and elected leaders who spoke out against the agreement.
“Instead of using nuclear weapons against its enemies, Iran will be free to use its new found economic freedoms to support terrorism around the globe on a more grand scale than they do now,” Graber said. “If they decide to abrogate the agreement and begin to build weapons of mass destruction, Iran will have full legal rights to deny inspectors entrance to their facilities for twenty four days. A lot of evil things can happen in that amount of time.”
According to the deal, after the UN Security Council codifies it and the inspectors certify that Iran followed the stipulations concerning uranium enrichment, the economic sanctions the UN imposed on the country will be lifted. A UN embargo on conventional weapons sales to Iran will cease to exist within five years, while a ban on missile sales will be lifted in eight years.
“As a grandson of a Holocaust survivor who lost his entire family in Auschwitz and who grew up in Israel and felt the horror of terror, I know when a dictator says he is going to do something bad, believe him,” said Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim, the spiritual leader of the Chabad of Hewlett. “I am very worried and encourage everyone to do whatever they can to stop Iran.”