{"id":692796,"date":"2021-08-28T08:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T12:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=692796"},"modified":"2021-08-28T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T12:45:20","slug":"us-has-other-options-if-diplomacy-with-iran-fails-biden-tells-israeli-pm-in-bilateral-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-has-other-options-if-diplomacy-with-iran-fails-biden-tells-israeli-pm-in-bilateral-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"US Has \u2018Other Options\u2019 If Diplomacy With Iran Fails, Biden Tells Israeli PM in Bilateral Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-has-other-options-if-diplomacy-with-iran-fails-biden-tells-israeli-pm-in-bilateral-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=692796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-naftali-bennett\">Naftali Bennett<\/a> at the White House on Friday that the United States has \u201cother options\u201d if using diplomacy fails with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-iran\">Iran<\/a>, in efforts to ensure it never develops a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The bilateral meeting between the two leaders was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-postpones-meeting-with-israels-prime-minister-after-explosions-in-kabul_3966703.html\">delayed by one day<\/a> after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/multiple-us-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-bombings-pentagon_3966825.html\">deadly explosion<\/a> at Kabul airport in Afghanistan caused the deaths of at least 92 people, among whom were 13 U.S. service members. Both Biden and Bennett expressed their condolences for the loss of American lives in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders used their meeting to reaffirm U.S.-Israeli relations and discuss how to approach a nuclear threat from Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Biden told reporters at the Oval Office that he and Naftali would speak about the \u201ccommitment to ensure Iran never develops a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re putting diplomacy first and see where that takes us. But if diplomacy fails, we\u2019re ready to turn to other options,\u201d Biden said, without specifying what the options could be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran is the world\u2019s number one exporter of terror, instability, and human rights violations, and as we sit here right now, the Iranians are spinning their centrifuges in the plants in Fordow and we\u2019ve got to stop them and we both agree,\u201d Bennett told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He added that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-israel\">Israel<\/a> has developed a \u201ccomprehensive strategy\u201d that involves two goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first goal is to stop Iran on its regional aggression and start rolling them back into the box. And the second is to permanently keep Iran away from ever being able to breakout a nuclear weapon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/08\/27\/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-s-meeting-with-prime-minister-naftali-bennett-of-israel\/\">White House readout<\/a> of the meeting said that the two leaders \u201creviewed steps to deter and contain Iran\u2019s dangerous regional behavior.\u201d Both Biden and Naftali also reaffirmed their commitment to \u201caddress all aspects of Israel\u2019s security against Iran and other threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was happy to hear your clear words that Iran will never be able to acquire a nuclear weapon,\u201d Bennett told Biden. \u201cYou emphasized that you\u2019ll try the diplomatic route but there\u2019s other options if that doesn\u2019t work out,\u201d he added, also without pointing out the possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Alluding to Israel\u2019s threats of military action and the billions of dollars in U.S. military aid it receives, Bennett added, \u201cIt\u2019s our responsibility to take care of our fate, but we do thank you for the tools \u2026 you\u2019ve been giving us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden had expressed \u201cironclad support for Israel\u2019s security to self-defense\u201d and \u201cunderscored his administration\u2019s full support for replenishing Israel\u2019s Iron Dome system,\u201d according to the White House.<\/p>\n<h2>Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/h2>\n<p>The two leaders briefly touched upon the conflict between Israel and Palestine. According to the White House readout, Biden asserted that \u201ca negotiated two-state solution is the only viable path to achieving a lasting resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also \u201cunderscored the importance of steps to improve the lives of Palestinians and support greater economic opportunities for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett did not mention the Palestinians in his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the meeting, Bennett told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/24\/world\/middleeast\/israel-bennett-biden-iran.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">The New York Times<\/a> on Aug. 24 that his government \u201cwill neither annex [territory in the West Bank] nor form a Palestinian state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separately, both leaders acknowledged that Israel\u2019s relationship with countries Egypt and Jordan \u201cremain crucial to regional stability,\u201d and discussed ways to deepen Israel\u2019s ties with nearby countries including Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also said that his administration would work to include Israel in the Visa Waiver Program, which would allow Israeli nationals to travel to the United States for 90 days or less without obtaining a visa, provided certain requirements are met.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/WEB_MimiNguyen_1.jpg\" alt=\"Mimi Nguyen Ly\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Mimi Nguyen Ly<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mimi Nguyen Ly is a reporter based in Australia. She covers world news with a focus on U.S. news. Contact her at mimi.nl@epochtimes.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Friday that the United States has \u201cother options\u201d if using diplomacy fails with Iran, in efforts &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}