In Israel, it is estimated that working relations with the American mechanisms will be maintained. • Concerns: The possibility that the new administration will seek to return to the nuclear agreement and show sympathy for the Palestinians
Will the policy regarding Iran and the Palestinians change?
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Israel estimates that the Biden administration will be very friendly to Israel at the level of the working levels, but may show greater rigidity than the Trump administration at the political level.
Senior Israeli officials estimated that the close working relations between the professional mechanisms in the two countries would be maintained, and would not be damaged as a result of the expected change of government at the end of January.
This is a close collaboration that exists between the defense ministries, the armies and the intelligence agencies in the United States and Israel, which was maintained even in the past when the administration in Washington changed.
This is expected to be reflected, as in the past, in cooperation and intelligence and operational coordination, as well as in the areas of research and development of various systems.
Even on the issue that has preoccupied Israel recently - preserving its qualitative advantage over its rivals in the region - the recent agreement reached between Defense Minister Bnei Gantz and US Secretary of Defense Mark Asper is expected to be preserved.
Financial security assistance to Israel will also be maintained, although the components of the defense procurement that the IDF will carry out in the coming years have not yet been agreed with the Americans.
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However, there is an obvious concern in Israel about the policy that the new administration is expected to lead in two main areas: Iran and the Palestinians.
Iranian context, Biden has been stated in the past that will aim to renew the nucleus from which the US withdrew under the leadership of Donald Trump.
While the prevailing Israeli assessment was that Trump - he was re-elected - was striving to reach an agreement with the Iranians, but the fear is that Biden administration will agree to conditions Similar to those included in the original agreement, reached at the end of Barack Obama's presidency.
Although the previous agreement significantly delayed Iran's path to the bomb and limited its ability to enrich uranium and the amount of enriched material it was allowed to possess, it allowed it to advance in research and development, and did not restrict it at all on missile and terrorism issues.
Tehran took advantage of this to continue to arm and fund its protégés in the region, mainly the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as various militias it operates in Iraq and Syria.
In Israel, it is believed that these issues must be a condition for any new agreement.
A senior official warned over the weekend that if they were not included in it, and an agreement was signed that would also include the removal of economic sanctions on Tehran, Iran would delay the development of nuclear weapons, but could move on to other routes , And especially to Syria and Lebanon.
In the Palestinian context, the concern in Israel is from the renewal of international pressure on Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians.
This is despite the fact that in recent years it has been proven that the Palestinians avoid any dialogue, and in fact inhibit any political progress.
Some sources have suggested that such a US policy may also delay efforts to persuade moderate Sunni states to make their relations with Israel visible.