Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a political campaign against Tehran, describing the speech of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as "deceitful."

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a political campaign against Tehran, describing the speech of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as "deceitful."

"The speech reflects the Iranian strategy that is based on playing for time in order to achieve the nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said.

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that Netanyahu was not satisfied by Obama's speech on Iran, adding that he did not want to start a verbal war with Obama ahead of their imminent meeting to avoid isolating the Zionist entity.

What augmented the Zionist concerns was Obama's linking the Iranian and the Palestinian causes, according to Israeli circles.