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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.25.24.101 with SMTP id o98csp1244808lfi; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:53:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.55.27.142 with SMTP id m14mr26166396qkh.50.1435528435668; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:53:55 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <seizenstat@cov.com> Received: from smtplo.cov.com (smtplo.cov.com. [64.124.182.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p45si39870114qgp.114.2015.06.28.14.53.54 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:53:55 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of seizenstat@cov.com designates 64.124.182.196 as permitted sender) client-ip=64.124.182.196; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of seizenstat@cov.com designates 64.124.182.196 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=seizenstat@cov.com X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,695,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="5047151" Received: from cbivexht01eus.cov.com ([10.1.75.117]) by smtplo.cov.com with ESMTP; 28 Jun 2015 17:53:54 -0400 Received: from CBIvEXMB05DC.cov.com ([fe80::5419:ae1e:a899:3f0f]) by CBIVEXHT01EUS.cov.com ([::1]) with mapi; Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:53:52 -0400 From: "Eizenstat, Stuart" <seizenstat@cov.com> To: "'Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com'" <Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com> CC: "'John.Podesta@gmail.com'" <John.Podesta@gmail.com>, "'huma@hrcoffice.com'" <huma@hrcoffice.com> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:53:52 -0400 Subject: Israel and Iran Thread-Topic: Israel and Iran Thread-Index: AdCx7OvxtPfytxDMSkuDqI58cS8T0Q== Message-ID: <2024B1FCFD37FC478BCD92EC0508319F06B0F77EDC@CBIvEXMB05DC.cov.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Dear Jake, Dennis Ross and I had an hour-plus meeting Sunday morning with the PM and f= ull Israeli Cabinet, in our capacity as co-chairs of the Jewish People's Po= licy Institute of Jerusalem. =20 While we made presentations on a number of topics, Iran and BDS were the mo= st important and engendered the most comment.=20 Before the meeting, I met at length with Dennis about Iran. I wanted to sha= re his views, beyond those in his Washington Institute letter I have refere= nced before, because they may be useful in shaping Hillary's statement. 1. He felt that an agreement would be reached, would be disapproved by Cong= ress, and the President's veto would be sustained, most likely in the House= . Dennis later=20 conveyed that view to the PM and Cabinet, provoking a strong reaction from = Bibi. 2. The US should state clearly upfront that we will use all means at our di= sposal to prevent Iran from crossing the very fine line between being a nuc= lear capable state and being a nuclear weapons state. Iran must get a clear= signal now. 3.The US should provide Israel with a=20 new Mission Ordinance Penetration (MOP) bomb, that is more powerful than th= e Bunker Busting Bomb, and could blow-up the Fordo facility, if necessary. = This would be a signal to Iran, that cheating will not pay. 4.The US should state it will support any action Israel must take for its o= wn defense. 5. The US will not cooperate with Iran on regional issues. 6. If Hillary has to support what he believes will be a deeply flawed agrem= ent, that will not measure-up to the April US Fact Sheet, these points abov= e would be useful to state. In addition, she could balance support for oppo= sing a new UN Resolution. When I land. I will summarize the points I made about BDS. I was struck in my week in Israel, not only among Israeli officials, but am= ong my friends across the political spectrum (most are former officials) a= nd apolitical relatives, at the depth of antipathy and distrust of Presiden= t Obama, as "weak", "pro-Muslim", and "anti-Israel". Best wishes, Stu=