The American president, Barack Obama in an interview with CNN said that the Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu's interference in the US politics was unprecedented, especially following the Iran deal. In the interview which will be fully aired later on Sunday, Obama was asked if it was "appropriate of a foreign head of government to inject himself into an American affair." "I will let you ask Prime Minister Netanyahu that question," Obama responded, adding: "I don't recall a similar example." Speaking of the deal, Obama said it was "very good for Israel" adding that Netanyahu was wrong to get upset about it because "it is the best way for Iran not to get a nuclear weapon – then it's not just good for the U.S., but it's also very good for Israel." Obama added that the agreement reached last month by the U.S. and five other world powers to remove crippling economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program achieves that goal "better than any alternative." Republican lawmakers largely disagree with the president's assessment that the deal blocks Iran's path to a nuclear weapon, as do some of Obama's own Democrats, Haaretz said. Obama was interviewed by CNN's Fareed Zakaria last Thursday, hours before Chuck Schumer, the Senate's leading Jewish Democrat, announced he would oppose the agreement. The Congress is expected to vote in September on a measure disapproving the deal, which Obama has promised a swift veto. Lawmakers would then have to find enough votes to override the president. The interview is set to air as Obama vacations on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard. He was not expected to spend much, if any, time reaching out to lawmakers on the Iran nuclear deal while he is away from Washington. "I think most of the president's time on Martha's Vineyard will be spent with his family or on the golf course or a bit of both," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
