Biden in Israel
Biden in Israel
Just before Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the country, Israel, against President Obama’s wishes, announced plans to build an additional 1600 settlements in a neighborhood of Jerusalem that Palestinians claim as part of their future state. That’s just the latest complication in relations between the US and Israel, which Biden begins attempting to patch up on his five-day tour of the region. Calling their ties “unshakeable” and denying any distance between Israeli and American safety concerns, can Biden assure Israel that he shares the country’s fears of an Iranian nuclear weapons program while pushing back on new Israeli settlements?
Guests:
Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Janine Zacharia, Jerusalem bureau chief for the Washington Post. She’s covering the vice president’s visit.
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