Mr Netanyahu described Iran's nuclear programme as a great danger for Israel
US
Secretary of State John Kerry has questioned the judgement of Israeli PM
Benjamin Netanyahu over his stance on Iran's nuclear programme.
Mr Netanyahu has criticised the US and others
for "giving up" on trying to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.
The Israeli PM "may not be
correct", Mr Kerry said after attending the latest Iran nuclear talks in
Geneva.
Mr Netanyahu will address Congress next week,
after an invitation by Republican leaders criticised by the White House.
Mr Kerry was reacting to a speech in which Mr
Netanyahu had said the US and others were "accepting that Iran will
gradually, within a few years, develop capabilities to produce material for
many nuclear weapons".
"I respect the White House and the
president of the United States but on such a fateful matter, that can determine
whether or not we survive, I must do everything to prevent such a great danger
for Israel," he said in a speech in Israel.
Having just concluded the latest round of
nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva, Mr Kerry told senators President Obama had
made it clear the policy was not to let Iran get nuclear weapons and Mr
Netanyahu's might therefore not be correct.
Mr John Kerry and his
Iranian counterpart have been negotiating Iran's nuclear future
The
invitation for Mr Netanyahu to speak before Congress has angered Democrats.
A
spokesman for the White House warned against reducing US-Israeli relations to a
party-political issue.
Earlier,
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice had gone further and said Mr
Netanyahu's visit was "destructive to the fabric of the
relationship".
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