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President Joe Biden’s meetings with Israeli leaders on Thursday delved into divisions over how to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
At first, it was mostly kumbaya between Biden and new Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid. With the prime minister at his side, Biden said their bilateral meeting was a “good beginning” of what’s going to be “a long, God-willing, relationship” between the two leaders.
“I think the vast majority of the American public, not just my administration, is completely devoted to (Israel’s) security,” Biden declared.
The president acknowledged that he and Lapid discussed his administration’s desire to revive a nuclear deal with Iran, brokered by the U.S. and other world powers in 2015. The deal curbed Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities, but Tehran stopped adhering to its limits after the Trump administration withdrew from the pact.
“There will be no nuclear Iran. This is not only a threat to Israel, but to the world,” Biden said. “And we discussed some other issues we are going to keep to ourselves.”
But at a news conference later, Lapid lectured Biden on the issue. In prepared remarks, the Israeli leader pushed Biden to change course on Iran.
Lapid said no amount of words or diplomacy would stop Iran from further developing its nuclear program.
