even force would be necessary. what do you make of the president s trip to israel and these comments on iran? mika, two basic points. i think biden is trying to reestablish the fundamental importance of the u.s./israel relationship. he has been a strong supporter of israel for decades. when he arrived, he said the relationship was bone deep, in his words, he meant it. he is arriving in israel at an interesting time of transition. israel is between elections. the prime minister he is meeting with, lapid, is a transitional figure. he s someone biden can talk easily with. netanyahu, the former and perhaps future prime minister, waits in the wings. that s a much more problematic relationship. biden said once, i may not agree with him about a damn thing, but
president biden is on the world stage working to reconnect america with the rest of the world, strengthen ties with strategic interests. we did receive the two-minute warning, that the bilateral news conference with israel s yair lapid, would start soon. they may just get two questions each. what are we expecting? so i think, mika, we re looking for biden to reaffirm the basics of the u.s./israel relationship. we re looking for him to reach out to lapid. i think lapid, certainly opposed to netanyahu, is somebody that biden could work more easily with. i think we ll see a reaffirmation of joint u.s./israeli concern about iran. we re in a moment now where the efforts to reach a nuclear agreement with iran by the united states simply aren t
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A veteran U.S. diplomat reflects on the decades of direct engagement that paved the way to the accords, which have since opened a new avenue for curbing Iran and reanimating Israeli-Palestinian progress.