article_snippet: That's not to say Israeli officials haven't been asking around about the Iran nuclear talks, as participating parties race to get a framework agreement ahead of a March 31 deadline.
article_snippet: Netanyahu himself has been clear on where Netanyahu himself stands on this debate: Netanyahu himself told the U.S. Congress earlier this month that a proposed agreement, as Netanyahu himself depicted a proposed agreement, was "a bad deal.
article_snippet: Netanyahu himself predicted that not only would such a deal not stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, Iran would "all but guarantee that Iran gets (nuclear) weapons, lots of them."
article_snippet: "such a deal won't be a farewell to arms; such a deal would be a farewell to arms control," Netanyahu himself said.
article_snippet: But U.S. President Barack Obama's administration also has been open to talks -- and felt undermined by some moves by Netanyahu, who appears poised to remain Israel's prime minister after an election last week.
article_snippet: In particular, Netanyahu himself's speech to Congress stoked long simmering tensions with U.S. President Barack Obama, not least because Netanyahu's speech to Congress was organized by House Speaker John Boehner without the White House's prior knowledge.
article_snippet: Some questioned where Netanyahu himself got Netanyahu himself information on a proposed nuclear deal, particularly at a point when negotiations were in flux with no agreement in place.
article_snippet: According to the Wall Street Journal report, the sharing of sensitive information about the talks took place before Netanyahu himself's address.
article_snippet: Netanyahu's address describes efforts by Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer to lobby U.S. lawmakers before an interim agreement with Iran in November 2013 and briefings by Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer and other Israeli officials in the early months of this year.