Biden visit to Israel a ‘mixed bag’ because of differences on Iran
Meeting between US and Palestinian presidents described as ‘warm’; UAE opts out of anti-Iran alliance; Biden agenda may include Saudi-American families banned from traveling.
Israel can’t shift Biden stance on Iran nuclear talks
On the one hand, US President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel this week conveyed “power and intimacy,” reports Ben Caspit, who covered the visit from Israel.
“Biden clearly captured the hearts of Israelis,” writes Caspit. “He managed that despite being considered a political ‘leftist’ in Israeli terms, and an antithesis to his predecessor Donald Trump, who is more popular in Israel than in the United States. Biden was warm, attentive and sometimes funny. His love for Israel is clearly authentic and inspires trust. He is not ashamed of it, taking pride in it. Israelis love it.”
But on Iran, Biden stuck to his preference to re-establish the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), if Iran is willing.
