Israel says new Iran nuclear deal may be agreed 'shortly', argues will be 'weaker'

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Iran may "shortly" agree a new nuclear deal with major powers but argued it will be "weaker" than the original 2015 agreement.

"We may see an agreement shortly. The new agreement that appears will be made is shorter and weaker than the previous one," Bennett said before a weekly cabinet meeting, adding that Israel was "organising and preparing for the day after, in all dimensions".

Though Israel maintains a hard line on the Iran nuclear deal and Tehran's atomic capabilities, Tel Aviv is the only Middle Eastern state known to have an undeclared nuclear weapons programme.