Israel's Netanyahu concerned its defense systems may reach Iran if sent to Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : He did not specify exactly how Iran would obtain this equipment.
54% : Indeed, in the Wall Street Journal interview, Netanyahu acknowledged that "our pilots are flying right next to Russian pilots over the skies of Syria in order to block the attempts of Iran to establish a second Hezbollah front in Syria."Israel has found itself increasingly isolated in its opposition to Iran, after Saudi Arabia and Tehran ended a seven-year rift through a China-brokered re-establishment of ties this March.
51% : Official negotiations to return Washington to a variant of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear agreement with Iran - mediated by the European Union and other signatories - did not lead to a breakthrough.
45% : The U.S. and Iran renewed negotiations over a prospective prisoner swap earlier this month, several sources told NBC News, amid questions about whether the two administrations would explore a potential informal deal to avert Iran's accelerating nuclear program.
42% : In a video interview with the Wall Street Journal, Netanyahu hinted that, if systems used by Ukrainian forces were to fall into Russian hands, the country's tight relationship with fellow U.S.-sanctioned nation Iran could see them end up under Tehran's control.
42% :Israel's stance could also be related to an unwillingness to imperil its progress to counter Tehran in neighboring Syria.
39% : Tehran has in the past said it did not supply these weapons to Russia for use against Kyiv.
37% : Addressing the possibility of a fresh U.S. agreement, Netanyahu said that "any deal with Iran that doesn't set back their nuclear infrastructure, that doesn't basically take it apart, is not very useful."
35% : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled concerns in an interview published Thursday that Israeli-manufactured defense systems, including the U.S.-funded Iron Dome, could reach Iran if they were transferred to Ukraine.

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