Dore Gold likens Lebanon to Gaza, and suggests Israel will have to “cut the grass” there this summer; war with Hezbollah could be Israel’s hole card on the Iran deal, as US legislators are sure to side with Israel, maybe with the help of the New York Times

Moshe Ya’alon, Israeli defense minister, said that Israel might have to nuke Iran ala Hiroshima and Nagasaki to prevent a long war with greater casualties, and the American press has ignored these frightening comments, once again depriving the US public of knowledge that Israeli leadership is off the rails

Within days of President Obama’s framework agreement on the Iran nuclear program polls showed that the American public supported the framework by almost 2-to-1, but the support weakened as opposition to the deal emerged from the Israeli government, AIPAC, other members of the Israel lobby. Jeff Warner and Dick Platkin deconstruct a column by Jewish Journal of Los Angeles publisher David Suissa which parrots the Israel lobby opposition to the deal.

Bill Clinton came out four-square for the Iran deal today: “I hope and pray that we will leave behind a system where we can say with some confidence that we can keep really big, bad things from happening. That’s why this negotiation with Iran is so important.” A good sign for Hillary Clinton’s position.

Congress’s meddling in the Iran deal is reminiscent of Congress’s repudiation of Wilson’s League of Nations, which led to US isolation from its European allies and the lack of leadership that helped produce the second world war, Chas Freeman explains

The NYT devotes three paragraphs to a Netanyahu aide saying the PM played a “decisive” role in Congressional efforts to stop the Iran deal. Really! How much are our congresspeople motivated by pro-Israel financial contributions? The press needs to explore

The Israeli opposition, the supposed liberals, are demanding that the U.S. incorporate Israel’s ability to carry out a military strike on Iran into the final deal. Livni and Herzog demand the same access to US power as Netanyahu.

A NYT editorial saying that Netanyahu seeks to dictate terms of the Iran deal is far too polite, taking all his complaints seriously and never questioning his belligerent judgment. Jeffrey Goldberg, wrong on Iraq, gets similar respect from NPR.