U.S. Foreign Policy
A Saudi civilian nuclear program is particularly unpopular.
“There’s no agreed framework to codify the normalization,” says U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
America would protect the Gulf states from Iranian aggression, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says.
Under the deal submitted to the US, Rafael and Raytheon will jointly develop Finland’s version of the missile defense system.
The window for a deal will be open until around March, said Eli Cohen • Likud MK Yuli Edelstein: It’s “too early” to talk about an agreement.
Riyadh will not let the Palestinian issue prevent it from achieving its goals, Israeli sources say.
Amid reports on Saudi demands that Israel make “significant concessions” to the Palestinians before official ties are announced, Israel is signaling that the formula that worked for the Abraham Accords could work now too.
Biden’s remarks came as the U.S, national security advisor was in Jeddah pressing for Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords.
“The first step the Biden administration must take to repair this critical relationship is to end its pursuit of any new deal with Iran,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told JNS. “Only then can tensions thaw.”
The German-led Sky Shield Initiative includes the Israeli Arrow-3 missile-defense system.
Washington’s emerging nuclear agreement with Iran is deeply flawed and seeks mainly to put the matter on ice until after the November elections, experts tell JNS.
Senior American officials say that the chances of an agreement are less than 50%.
