article_snippet: World powers are pushing toward a framework nuclear deal with Iran before the March 31 deadline.
article_snippet: Netanyahu will take office shortly before a July deadline for a final deal and will need to reach key understandings with Washington on what security and diplomatic guarantees the United States will provide Israel if a final deal goes forward.
article_snippet: In addition, Israel will want input on what constitutes a violation of a final deal and what would trigger punitive measures if Iran reneges.
article_snippet: If he remains in office, Netanyahu's differing perceptions of the threat posed by Iran will undoubtedly come to a head as that deadline approaches.
article_snippet: Netanyahu believes history has handed Netanyahu the role of delivering the Jewish state from an existential threat posed by Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
article_snippet: Netanyahu worries that the agreement that emerges will leave Iran as a nuclear "threshold state" with the materials and expertise to quickly break out and build a nuclear weapon.
article_snippet: But Netanyahu has suggested as prime minister Netanyahu would work closer with the Obama administration and other governments negotiating with Iran to strengthen a deal, rather than try and block a deal through the US Congress.
article_snippet: Beyond a deal, Netanyahu will face an increasingly emboldened Iran in the region.
article_snippet: Israeli officials say Iran is  actively working to open up a front against Israel in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
article_snippet: Iran said in January an Iranian general had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the area.