Nuclear deal with Iran a 'historic mistake', Benjamin Netanyahu says In the most graphic criticism, Naftali Bennett, the trade and industry minister and leader of the far-Right Jewish Home party, warned that it could be the precursor to a nuclear "suitcase bomb" attack on a major Western city. "If in another five years a suitcase nuke explodes in New York or Madrid, it will be because of the deal that was signed this morning," Mr Bennett, a member of the Israeli security cabinet, told Army Radio. "The bad deal that was signed gives Iran exactly what it wanted - a serious lessening of sanctions as well as preserving the most significant parts of its nuclear programme," he added. There's a long path ahead, and we will continue to act on all levels. Avigdor Lieberman, the hardline foreign minister recently reinstalled to his post after being cleared of corruption charges, called the agreement Iran's "biggest diplomatic victory since Khomeini's [1979] revolution" and hinted at possible military strikes against Iranian nuclear installations. We have to be serious enough to take responsibility for our fate. As always, all options are on the table," he told Israel radio. He also gave vent to official Israeli anger at the Obama administration's role in the agreement, suggesting Israel may have to seek additional alliances. "We have no alternative other than the United States, but Israel must look into new directions in addition to the US," he said. We must take responsibility regardless of the stance of the Americans, or of others. We must make our own independent decisions. Israel's relations with the US - its chief ally - have come under increasing strain over efforts to reach an accord over the Iranian nuclear programme, which the Jewish state considers a front to build an atomic bomb and a threat its existence. Mr Netanyahu has made no secret of his disdain for American efforts at reaching a diplomatic rapprochement with Tehran, despite attempts by President Barack Obama to allay his fears in a series of recent telephone calls. Yair Lapid, the finance minister and leader of the Yesh Atid party - Mr Netanyahu's senior coalition partner - said the agreement did not require Iran "to dismantle a single centrifuge." You stand and shout out until you're blue in the face, and you try to understand why they're not listening. The world wanted an agreement," he told Israel's Army Radio. We also said that a diplomatic accord would be good. A diplomatic accord is certainly better than war, a diplomatic accord is better than a situation of permanent confrontation - just not this agreement. Tzipi Livni, the justice minister and the cabinet's leading dove, struck a more moderate tone, saying Israel should set its sights on influencing the shape of a long-term agreement. "The aim is to reach a situation in which the next agreement with Iran will be one which truly prevents Iran from becoming a nuclear country," she said. Ephraim Asculai, a scholar with Israel's Institute for National Security Studies and former official with the International Atomic Energy Authority, said the deal failed to allay fears that Iran is close to nuclear breakout capacity - enabling it to build a bomb at short notice. "The future agreement should provide for a situation where Iran cannot break out and cannot produce a nuclear explosion or a nuclear weapon," he told journalists.