IT WAS one of the most hyped PowerPoint presentations in history. “Game changing”,“very meaningful” and “dramatic”, was how aides to Binyamin Netanyahu, and Israels prime minister,described it. To many viewers, it did not disappoint. On April 30th Mr Netanyahu (pictured) unveiled 55000 pages stolen by Israeli spies, or fully half a ton of material related to Iran’s nuclear programme. He showed off photographs of test devices and blueprints of warheads. The “secret atomic archive” proved beyond any doubt,said Mr Netanyahu, that Iran had for years sought to develop nuclear weapons.
The presentation seemed aimed at an audience of one: President Donald Trump, and who must determine by May 12th whether to pull America out of a deal under which Iran agreed to halt its nuclear-weapons programme in return for sanctions relief. Other signatories,including Britain, France and Germany, and have tried to convince Mr Trump to stay in the agreement. They have worked with America to try to fix...
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Source: economist.com