Netanyahu Begs John Kerry Not to Accept ‘Very, Very Bad’ Iran Deal

Netanyahu: “This is a bad deal — a very, very bad deal” (Hot Air)

According to the Obama administration’s benchmarks, whatever those may be, the first day of diplomatic discussion with Iranian officials in Geneva on Thursday went pretty darn swimmingly, and with reports of some kind of “first step” concessions-in-exchange-for-sanctions-relief dealmaking apparently in the works, Secretary of State John Kerry hopped on a plane yesterday to go meet up with his team — but not before a pit stop in Israel. Via the NYT:

Mr. Kerry was scheduled to have a three-way meeting Friday afternoon with Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, who oversees the multiparty negotiations.

The State Department’s spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said in a statement that Mr. Kerry would go to Geneva “in an effort to help narrow the differences in the negotiations.” …