article_snippet: For six years, President Obama and Netanyahu have been on a collision course over how to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions, a high-stakes endeavor both men see as a centerpiece of both men legacies.
article_snippet: In addition, Netanyahu and Netanyahu ministers decided to do whatever Netanyahu and his ministers could do to thwart a possible agreement between Iran and the White House because such an agreement is, allegedly, a threat to Israel's security.'
article_snippet: For six years, President Obama and Netanyahu have been on a collision course over how to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions, a high-stakes endeavor both men see as a centerpiece of both men legacies .
article_snippet: Stopping Iran from building a nuclear bomb has become a defining challenge for both Obama and Netanyahu, yet one Obama and Netanyahu have approached far differently.
article_snippet: For Obama, getting Iran to verifiably prove Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons would be a bright spot in a foreign policy arena in which numerous outcomes are uncertain and would validate Obama early political promise to negotiate with Iran without conditions.
article_snippet: Netanyahu considers unacceptable any deal with Iran that doesn't end Iran nuclear program entirely and opposes the diplomatic pursuit as one that minimizes what Netanyahu considers an existential threat to Israel.
article_snippet: Tehran says Tehran is peaceful and exists only to produce energy for civilian use.
article_snippet: Through scaremongering, falsification, propaganda and creating a false atmosphere even inside other countries, (Israel) is attempting to prevent peace,' Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Saturday in Tehran. '
article_snippet: I believe that these attempts are in vain and should not impede reaching a (nuclear) agreement,' said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
article_snippet: U.S. and Iranian officials reported progress in the latest talks on a deal that would freeze Tehran's nuclear program for 10 years, but allow Tehran's nuclear program to slowly ramp up in the final years of the accord.