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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the world powers “have given up” on halting Iran’s development of nuclear weapons. “From the agreement that is forming, it appears that they [world powers] have given up on that commitment and are accepting that Iran will gradually, within a few years, develop capabilities to produce material for many nuclear weapons,” he said in Jerusalem before his Likud Party. “They might accept this but I am not willing to accept this.” His remark came hours after White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice denounced Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to address Congress about Iran’s nuclear program. Rice said Netanyahu “injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it’s destructive of the fabric of the relationship.”