Obama: 'No doubt' that U.S. would come to Israeli defense in face of an Iran aggression

President Obama, in an interview with Fareed Zakaria aired Sunday on CNN, said he understands the suspicion and caution toward the Iran nuclear deal that are being expressed in Israel officialdom and public opinion. He said he had called on Benjamin Netanyahu and other critics of that deal to present an alternate approach that achieves as much as the recently agreed pact does but has received no reply. He added that "there is no doubt" that his or any future U.S. administration would respond forcefully in the event of any attack on Israel. Drawing a comparison to Cold War nuclear negotiations in which Soviet missiles were pointed at U.S. targets even as concessions were made by American negotiators, "here," the president said, "we preserve all our options" in the event of a transgression. See: White House confident it has votes to block any resolution of disapproval on Iran deal even in light of Schumer announcement.

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