Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made his case for stopping a nuclear deal with Iran. In a congressional address that saw him compare the Iranian leadership to the Islamic State and invoke the Nazi Holocaust, Netanyahu said an agreement would put Iran on a path to a nuclear weapon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “This deal has two major concessions: one, leaving Iran with a vast nuclear program; and two, lifting the restrictions on that program in about a decade. That’s why this deal is so bad. It doesn’t block Iran’s path to the bomb; it paves Iran’s path to the bomb.”

Speaking at the White House, President Obama offered a rebuttal to Netanyahu by saying his previous dire warnings about Iran’s alleged nuclear capabilities have been wrong. Obama also said Netanyahu has offered no viable alternative to reaching an agreement.

President Obama: “How do we prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? The path that we proposed, if successful, by far is the best way to do that. That’s demonstrable. And Prime Minister Netanyahu has not offered any kind of viable alternative that would achieve the same verifiable mechanism to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.”