America needs to solve the Israel problem for a better future

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs US Vice President Mike Pence on January 22, 2018 in Jerusalem. Photo: AFP

Mr. Jones made the above comment in an interview with Press TV, commenting on the statement of former US Secretary of State John Kerry. Earlier, on October 5, Mr. Kerry warned of the increasing risk of war with Iran, after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, saying that regional leaders had urged the White House to take military action.

Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, the former US Secretary of State emphasized that by withdrawing from this historic agreement, Mr. Trump has "made the possibility of conflict in the region increasingly clear, because many people here want the US to bomb Iran."

"Former Secretary Kerry should have named the regional leaders," Jones said. "The only regional leaders I know who are interested in this issue are Israel, and maybe Saudi Arabia and some other Gulf states."

Mr. Jones commented that the Israelis and Saudis did not like the administration of former President Barack Obama, who pushed to sign the Iran nuclear deal. This expert asserted that the Americans could never really confront Israel, and the Israelis understood this, thus forcing Washington to withdraw from the agreement.

"Prime Minister Netanyahu is in the US Congress despite the fact that the US President does not want him there. The US President is considered the most powerful person in the world, but he cannot stop Netanyahu from coming out and criticizing the Iran nuclear deal. That is the problem today, and if we do not address this issue publicly in the political forum in the US, nothing will change for the better in this country," Mr. Jones shared.