World strikes final “historic” nuclear deal with Iran. Will it bring peace, or war? Here are my initial thoughts.

P5+1 and Iran negotiators make a deal. Vienna, Austria. July 14 2015

P5+1 and Iran negotiators make a deal. Vienna, Austria. July 14 2015

LINK TO FULL TEXT OF THE DEAL AT THE END OF ARTICLE.

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Delegates from Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States in Vienna on Tuesday after reaching an accord.   Credit Carlos Barria/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images  (NYT) Delegates from Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States in Vienna on Tuesday after reaching an accord.
Credit Carlos Barria/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images (NYT)

(Central Israel) — Lynn and I flew back home to Israel today, and arrived just as the news was breaking that the international community has struck a final nuclear deal with Iran.

Will it bring peace, or war? I am still reading through the 100-page agreement and will have more analysis later. But here are a few initial comments and observations.

President Obama and his team are convinced they have cut off Iran’s path to The Bomb and that the world will now enter a season of peace and stability. “Today after two years of negotiation the United States together with the international community has achieved something that decades of animosity has not: a comprehensive long-term deal with Iran that will prevent…

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