Reuters: Israel Tells U.S. It Has Serious Reservations About Iran Nuclear Deal
ROME (Reuters) -Israel has serious reservations about the Iran nuclear deal being put together in Vienna, new foreign minister Yair Lapid told his American counterpart, as he pledged to fix "the mistakes made" in U.S.-Israeli relations in recent years.
In their first face-to-face meeting since Israel's new government was sworn in two weeks ago, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Lapid had a very positive and warm discussion, according to U.S. officials.
The main topics were the nuclear deal and Israel's normalisation accords with Gulf Arab states, as well as humanitarian aid to Gaza and the status of East Jerusalem, a topic that helped fuel the latest wave of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians in May.
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Update #1: Blinken, Lapid meet in Rome amid reset US-Israel relations (AP)
Update #2: Lapid to Blinken: Disagreements about Iran deal can be worked out quietly (Jerusalem Post)
WNU Editor: Israel under Netanyahu saw Iran's nuclear program as an existential threat to its survival, and they were very vocal and public about it.
So why tone down the language to "serious reservations" during today's Blinken - Lapid meeting?
Hmmmm .... something is up.
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