translator: the painful truth is that after the applause netanyahu remained alone, israel remained isolated and negotiations with iran will continue without the involvement of israel. this speech therefore, greatly undermined the relationship between israel and the united states. reporter: netanyahu and isaac herzog polling very closely in elections. and that means the biggest question is whose opinion changed because of netanyahu s speech? those who liked him viewed this as a very charismatic, important speech and they ll still vote for him. meanwhile, those who don t like him viewed this purely as a political move and their minds certainly didn t change because of this speech. john? election day less than two weeks away. oren liebermann thanks so much. the furious controversy in washington and israel not appearing to slow down ongoing nuclear talks between the u.s. and iran. the iranian foreign minister noting the israeli prime minister is quote, trying to disrupt a deal. but
in jerusalem either. take a listen. translator: the painful truth is that after the applause netanyahu remained alone. israel remained isolated. and negotiations with iran will continue without the involvement of israel. this speech therefore, greatly undermines the relationship between israel and the united states. mr. netanyahu says the proposed deal would not stop iran from getting weapons but make it easier. here s our correspondent. reporter: he made a grand entrance usually reserved for american presidents. and then the israeli prime minister delivered a blistering assault on president obama s iran policy and his attempt to strike a nuclear deal with iran. sis we ve been told no deal with better than a dad beale.bad deal.
certainly aren t changing their minds after the speech. they view it as purely political. it s the undecided voters who may have looked at the speech and thought it could shift them one way or the other. we have to wait and see. the politicians here the main rival for prime mior&ier, wasted no time. came out in a speech after netanyahu s speech and blasted the prime minister s decision to speak in front of congress and the damage he has done to the relationship with israel and the u.s. here s what he had to say. translator: the painful truth is that after the applause netanyahu remained alone. israel remained isolate and negotiations with iran will continue without the involvement of israel. this speech therefore greatly undermined the relationship between israel and the united states. even hertzog s location for the speech of symbolic. he said this in hue brew at the beginning over and over again, that while netanyahu is in washington he was in a small town which is a small town
speech then herzog viewed as his main rival, came out immediately after his speech and blasted the prime minister for straining u.s./israel relations and doing nothing to advance the dialogue on how to keep israel safe from a nuclear iran. translator: the painful truth is that after the applause netanyahu remained alone, israel remained isolated and negotiations with iran will continue without the involvement of israel. this speech therefore, greatly undermined the relationship between israel and the united states. reporter: now the shift focuses to those elections. and the real question in light of this speech is whose opinion did he change? those who liked him before certainly like him even more now after a very charismatic speech. those who didn t like him before and view this purely as a political move still don t like him. so there are some undecided voters here. we ll find out especially in the next few days what they thought of this and if their opinions on netanyahu changed