Former Israeli government official Daniel Levy, now co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, said the political dimensions of Netanyahuís position on the Iran nuclear issue cannot be overlooked.

"So a certain enrichment capacity, a certain hiding of facilities, a certain impenetrability of Iranian facilities would already be a reason to move militarily," says Daniel Levy, a former Israeli government official who's now at the New America Foundation.

Daniel Levy, an analyst at the New America Foundation think tank, said Obama had "offered clarity and commitments on mainstream Israeli concerns without capitulating to the Netanyahu narrative, which is far more dismissive of diplomacy."

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Obama's approach will probably have the effect of putting more pressure on Netanyahu in terms of domestic pressure, said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator who now heads the Middle East Task Force for the New America Foundation.