Netanyahu is betting against Obama in Congress battle against Iran deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not worried that further confrontation will cause the US president to be less generous in his compensation package to Israel, according to Ynet.

He is willing to bet the battle in Congress against the Iranian deal is worth the risk. Meanwhile, he is waiting for January 2017, when a new president enters the White House.

The paper added that the new American Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, will land here on Tuesday. We've had plenty of visits by American secretaries, of all kinds. This visit will be one of the strangest: Carter will come as a sort of Santa Claus - here to deliver gifts. His hosts in the defense establishment are waiting for Santa with lists. They have needs, expectations, wishes; Carter has his own lists - the Americans are organized people. But there is one unknown factor separating the two lists.

Until this week, Netanyahu thwarted any attempt by the heads of the defense establishment to talk to the Americans about the compensation package Israel will receive over the deal with Iran. Netanyahu is worried that that a negotiation at this time will weaken the chances of defeating the Obama administration in Congress.