U.S. - Israeli Relations Are Still Tense Over Iran

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem September 15, 2013. Kerry briefed Netanyahu on Sunday on a U.S.-Russian deal to remove Syria's chemical weapons, an accord that drew a guarded response from the Israeli leader. Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing

John Kerry Disses Benjamin Netanyahu Over Iran Dust-up -- US News and World Report

Kerry delays Israel visit to give Iran nuclear talks another chance.

Churning up more turmoil in an already tense relationship, Secretary of State John Kerry will not visit Israel Friday, despite a claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz says senior Obama administration officials said a visit wouldn't be until after Thanksgiving and that a final timeline for the visit hadn't been determined when Netanyahu made his announcement.

The two men have been at odds in recent weeks over the U.S.-led negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program, with Netanyahu harshly criticizing a rumored agreement that would roll back some economic sanctions currently in place against Iran. But Kerry said Monday nothing the U.S. would agree to would put Israel at risk.

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Update: Obama and Netanyahu Go to War -- Robert W. Merry, National Interest

My Comment: So much for White House promises that they will work with our allies in the Middle East. As to what is my take .... the focus should be on presenting a unified front when it comes to Iran's nuclear program .... but differences between the U.S. and with ALL of it's major allies in the Middle East are becoming so deep on this issue that I suspect that if a Iranian nuclear deal is reached in such an "environment" .... relations between the U.S. and it's allies (Israel/Sunni Arab states) will be realigned and irrevocably changed.