On Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said the US and Israel agreed that neither country would make decisions on Iran policy and the nuclear deal without consulting with the other first.
Israel is strongly opposed to a US return to the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. While President Biden said he favors a revival of the agreement, so far, his administration has not made a sincere effort to return to it, something Ashkenazi said he was pleased about.
“If anyone thought the Americans would run to make an agreement with Iran — it did not happen up until now, and I hope it will not happen going forward,” he said. Ashkenazi said that Israeli relations with the new Biden administration are good and that he has maintained close contact with his US counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Ashkenazi explained that senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, decided to approach the Biden administration on Iran in a “non-oppositional” manner. “Our policy is to exhaust this dialogue in person and to professionally converse with the Americans as allies,” he said.
The US and Iran have reportedly begun Iran discussions through a forum known as the “working group” which is led by each country’s national security advisor.
Ridiculous …
End Zionist Tyranny in the USA!
No more aid to Israel!
Protect free speech!
Anti-Zionism does not equate with anti-Jewish! No anti-Palestinian censorship laws in the US!
Revolting. Does Israel ‘consult’ with us before they launch air strikes in other countries like Syria and Iraq? Their attacks in Iraq is what started the escalation that led to U.S. personnel being killed.
How about ‘notified’.
I think Israel’s contributions to any consultations will consist of this and only this:
“Israel is strongly opposed to a US return to the nuclear deal.”
We do our share of killing in the “Holy Land” and support and back up the Modern state of Israel which does far more killing then just about anyone else in the region, all In the name of the God of the Bible which has commanded us not to kill. We sanction Russia for locking up somebody they think threatens the stability of their state but honor and conspire with the current government of Isreal which refuses to treat the Palestinians as equal human beings and is doing its best to start a war with Iran in order to drag the US into that unholy venture. Let’s hope Biden has enough brain cells left to see through this dangerous con job.
“It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region” — Grand Ayatola Khamenei, Jan 2001. Thousands of Iranian chant “Death to Israel!” “Death to Israel!” is printed on Iranian missiles. Soleimani boasted of helping Hezbollah in the 2006 war against Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered to help anyone willing to attack Israel. That’s war mongering!
Israel wants good relations with Iran. Israel wants to buy Iranian oil & Israel wants to sell Israeli goods to Iran.
B.S.