“Every Israeli patriot would be worried about this agreement and I have major criticism of aspects of it … First of all, unleashing the hungry Iranian tiger into the region … Is a risk, which may destabilize the region and change its balance of power between moderate nations and extreme nations. In addition, the agreement gives legitimization for Iran to become a nuclear threshold state in 10-15 years … It’s enough to see the positive reactions of President [Bashar] Assad of Syria and [Hassan] Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, to understand what I’m talking about.” (Israeli opposition and Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog in a meeting with Democratic Party members of Congress, 09/08/2015)