Israel recently commemorated Yom Hazikaron, or Day of Remembrance, one dedicated to the countless number of soldiers killed in the numerous wars the country has been involved in.

This is not Memorial Day like Americans know it, a day of barbeques, drinking, and beach parties. Every Yom Hazikaron at 10 AM, the crowded streets will freeze and the sidewalks will come to a standstill, as a siren will sound for a moment of silence nationwide.

There are also many ceremonies to commemorate the losses. Recently, Israel has witnessed a deal made with the Iranian government on their nuclear program, and with this deal, the Jewish State fears that it will have to mourn more than just soldiers and Holocaust Survivors in upcoming Day of Remembrances.

The deal recently made with Iran was long awaited, and although there was hope that the negotiation would completely terminate any chance of a nuclear program progressing towards warheads within the Middle Eastern country, it was without redemption.

Essentially the deal ensures that Iran will not progress with a nuclear program for the next ten or fifteen years, because, as president Obama sees it, there is no stopping Iran from developing a program.

Iran, however, insists that the already existing program has been built for energy. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a vehement critic of president Obama’s stance on the issue, proclaimed in his famously controversial speech to Congress that “Iran hangs gays, it rules in four Arab capitals, etc….if they wanted to be treated like a normal country, they should start acting like one.”

Despite Mr. Netanyahu’s questionable timing (his speech was delivered just weeks before his election), he raises an undoubtedly strong point on the potential destruction and detriment Iran could cause with a nuclear program.

President Obama’s signing of a deal comes as a surprise, as he was said to have been ready to sign a deal by June. His fleeting decision to agree to it angered both Democrats and Republicans, and both parties said they would block the bill, a rare feat of bipartisanship cooperation.

Not only frustrated by this but also anxious, Congress said they wanted the original plan of a deal being made by June 30^th to ensure there would be no loopholes, etc.

Within Israel, there is lots of distress over Obama’s handling of a situation almost as explosive as the weapons of mass destruction being negotiated.

Many Israelis, who see America as a strong ally and supporter, have been abhorred at the negotiation, and are nervous of an impending attack by a country that does not even recognize them and wants to “wipe them off the face of the earth”.

Yakov Stein, a native in Israel, told the Banner that while Israelis “pray for peace and hope that the negotiations work out, we are unable to trust the radical Islamist Iranian regime that still proclaims today that they wish for our annihilation.”

And why should there not be fear? Iran is not a country seeking peace in any shape or form. Daily, they are committing crimes against humanity and further defiling their reputation as a country, which is already tainted by countless numbers of stonings and hangings, means of execution they use on a regular basis to seek out oppression.

Although they are adherent when it comes to the ultimate obliteration of ISIS, it is most likely in their favor only.

Instead of a Sunni caliphate in the middle east and beyond that ISIS plans, Iran would rather a Shiite rule; so if it was inquired upon as to why Iran should not have nuclear weapons, it is because of their cruel reign over their citizens, funding of terror groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas to reduce Israel to nothing, and ultimate plans to establish a Shiite Islamic state past the borders of the Arabic world.

The growing tension over Iran in Israel is also present within the very real wariness towards president Obama. This has even been exhibited in the recent elections.

Despite the fact that the polls generally were extremely close, Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud right wing party beat the left wing party, the Zionist Union, by a significant margin.

This may be due to the fact that Israelis want a “strong” leader, which Netanyahu seemingly is, even albeit stubborn. Israelis could not find this within the Zionist Union leader, Isaac Herzog. Many believe Herzog does not show exemplary passion or staunch leadership.

What is most troublesome is Russia’s recent sale of incredibly advanced anti-aircrafts to Iran, which would essentially be able to shoot down even the most complex of aircrafts sent by perhaps America or Israel, if an airstrike was ever to be seen as necessary. It seems as though conflict within the Middle East will soon be taking a turn for the worst, and if the White House does not do enough to prevent it, the consequences could be imminent.