The Biden administration is scheduled next week to hold “indirect” talks with Iran about reviving the Obama nuke deal. Israel finds this “very troubling.” This sentiment is warranted, given Biden’s favor toward Iran and the Palestinians over the interests of Israel.
The Biden Administration has already reversed Trump’s stance, declaring the West Bank “occupied” by Israel. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has rightly stated that Biden returning to the disastrous Iran nuke deal is “truly a head-scratcher.”
Pompeo added that the “former President Obama’s team, which originally formed the deal, is now in the current administration, including Biden’s nominee for deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and ‘the same cast of characters.’”
Under the Obama administration, Iran received $33.6 billion dollars as a result of secret backroom deals. And a shocking report for Israel National News explains that Biden and Obama gave Iran $150 billion, which amounted to $300 million for each US soldier the Iranians killed — in a “desecration of their memory.”
“Israel, in first comment, says troubled by US position ahead of Iran talks,” by Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, April 5, 2021:
Mixed messages from the Biden administration on the Iran nuclear deal days before indirect talks commence in Vienna between the sides are “very troubling,” senior Israel officials said Sunday.
They expressed their concerns after US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley, in an interview with PBS on Friday, spoke about a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action without any additional elements that would make it “longer and stronger,” as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
“The goal is to see whether we can agree on what steps the United States needs to take to come back into compliance with the nuclear deal and what steps Iran has to take to come back into compliance with the nuclear deal,” Malley said.
Regarding the Trump administration’s maximum-pressure campaign against Iran, he said the US is “going to have to lift those sanctions that are inconsistent with the deal that was reached with Iran… so that Iran enjoys the benefits that it was supposed to enjoy under the deal.”
Malley repeatedly spoke of equivalence between the US and Iran in their behavior, referring to “mutual distrust” between the countries.
“It’s not a matter of who has the greater weight,” he said. “It’s whether both sides are prepared to carry the burden that they have to come back into compliance.”
Malley warned against the US or Iran being too firm in their stances.
“If either side takes a maximalist position and says that the other side has to do everything first before it’s going to move one inch, I think it’s hard to see how this succeeds,” he said.
Malley acknowledged that Iranian nuclear scientists have more information and experience than in 2015 due to their continued violations of the JCPOA. But he did not suggest any solutions, saying only that there will be “difficult discussions about what we need to do so that we and others… are satisfied that Iran is back in compliance with the commitments that it made.”
A senior Israeli official said: “If this is American policy, we are concerned.”
The interview “raised eyebrows” at the highest echelons in Israel, the source said, because “in the past, the Biden administration talked about a ‘longer and stronger’ deal – like they were looking for something else – and that’s not [in the Malley interview]. It’s all about returning to the 2015 deal.”…
mortimer says
Sleepy, creepy, bumbling, stumbling, crumbling Joe and his Red Guard pals want to destroy Israel slowly, while smiling into the faces of the Israelis they are betraying. Now that’s creepy.
James Lincoln says
mortimer,
Creepy Joe – I like that…
tgusa says
“if this is American policy”
Would you guys in Israel stop calling it American policy as if America and Americans are one giant collective. It is a democrat US government policy and in case you haven’t noticed the US government today doesn’t really represent the majority of Americans. The DC based US government is more like a separate country within the country closely resembling a foreign entity. Americans are split on almost every issue. An American policy would be a policy that an overwhelming majority of Americans support. There are a number of policies that a majority of Americans support but those things are rejected and ignored by the DC based US government. So please stop using the word American to define or describe what DC does. Thank you in advance.
The DC based US government has never won a war the American people have. If you are looking for friends don’t look to DC look to the American people.
Roberto Gonzalez says
Obama is telling Biden to follow his AntiAmrrican way to do dealing with Iran.
Roberto Gonzalez Sr says
It is true.But i underdtand Only on the left freely talk.Even when.are wrong.
gravenimage says
Israel: Biden position on Iran ‘troubling,’ ‘if this is American policy, we are concerned’
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Everyone should be troubled by this enabling of the vicious Mullahs.
Alex says
I believe the majority of Jews in America voted for Biden. They gave the boot to President Trump who declared Jerusalem as a Capital for Israel and moved the American Embassy there. Israel, blame only yourselves at this time.
Infidel says
I wouldn’t hold Israel responsible for the majority of American Jews being the international sociopaths that they are!
gravenimage says
There are some Jewish conservatives in America.