Netanyahu Warns U.S. Lawmakers About Saudi Nuclear Power Deal
- Israeli PM spoke against deal that could allow enrichment
- Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have ‘strong concerns’
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, speaks during an Economic Club of Washington conversation in Washington, D.C. on March 7.
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U.S. and Saudi negotiators have yet to reach a deal to allow American companies to build nuclear power reactors in the kingdom, but the idea is already getting pushback from a powerful force: Israeli Prime Minister and Trump ally Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu, during a closed door meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Tuesday, spoke out against any agreement that would allow the Saudis to enrich uranium and reprocess plutonium, Senator Bob Corker, the committee’s chairman, said in an interview.