Netanyahu Is Bringing a $4.5 Billion-a-Year Arms Wish List to Obama
- Israeli leader heads to White House after Iran deal showdown
- Don't expect `warm and fuzzy' reunion, Israel's ex-envoy says
Netanyahu at the U.S. Capitol. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to the White House next week seeking to boost annual U.S. military aid to an estimated $4.5 billion and, his former ambassador to Washington says, unapologetic about trying to sink the U.S.-led Iran nuclear deal.
“It’s not going to be warm and fuzzy,” said Michael Oren, an Israeli lawmaker who was Netanyahu’s U.S. envoy for five years. “It’s about what we need to defend ourselves and what we need to deter Iran.”