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Former US Ambassador Dan Shapiro has been appointed Israel's liaison on the Iranian issue
Shapiro began serving as a senior adviser to Rob Mali, the U.S. envoy on Iran.
He will divide his time between Washington and Israel and focus on coordination on the nuclear issue with Israel, but especially on Iranian activity in the region.
Shapiro knows the heads of the defense establishment and the intelligence community well, as well as personally knows Bennett
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Monday, 30 August 2021, 04:00
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Former United States Ambassador Dan Shapiro has been appointed by the US State Department to contact Iran's envoy Rob Mali.
Washington State Department officials told Walla!
Shapiro is also expected to focus on coordinating with Israel on the nuclear issue, but especially on Iranian activity in the region.
Indirect talks between the United States and Iran have been frozen since the Iranian presidential election, and it is still unclear when he will resume.
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He is expected to spend half of his time in Israel and half of his time in Washington.
Shapiro (Photo: Flash 90, Meir Vaknin, Flash 90)
Israel is very concerned about the situation in which there are no negotiations, Iran continues to advance in its nuclear program and there are no new sanctions or other moves aimed at putting pressure on it. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett emphasized in his talks in Washington that the US and Israel should start working on an alternative plan The diplomatic will continue.
US President Joe Biden said in a meeting with Bennett that if diplomacy with Iran fails he is ready to move forward in other channels.
In light of the understanding in Washington and Jerusalem that an alternative plan must begin to be considered, Shapiro's role will be more significant.
Shapiro began serving as a senior part-time adviser to the U.S. State Department's Iran staff last week.
He went through a process of security classification and participated in several discussions on the Iranian issue and even advised White House officials ahead of the meeting between President Biden and Prime Minister Bennett.
However, he did not take part in meetings with the Israeli delegation itself.
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Shapiro is expected to spend half of his time in Israel and half of his time in Washington. In Israel, he will work from the US Embassy. One of his main tasks will be to liaise with members of the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry and the defense establishment on the Iranian issue to increase coordination and allow for more intimate dialogue.
In December, A post in which he said he supported a return to the nuclear deal, however, noted that he knew the Israeli concerns and believed that the two countries should enter into an intimate dialogue and formulate a common strategy, instead of degenerating into a public confrontation again as it was in 2015.
A senior U.S. State Department official said Iranian envoy Rob Mali had recruited Shapiro to his team as part of his commitment to bring in a team of negotiators with Iran experts with diverse views. Gulf Mali intends to add more members to its team in the coming weeks to increase the range of opinions and perspectives.
Recruited Shapiro as part of his commitment to add diverse views to the negotiating team with Iran. Mali (Photo: Official Website, AFP)
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"In light of Shapiro's experience in the region, he will help us think about the regional implications of the negotiations with Iran and will be able to contribute greatly in terms of coordination with Israel.
He knows the area.
People in the region know him and he brings a perspective that will contribute to our thinking, "said a senior State Department.
The first two years of his term of Barack Obama, Shapiro served as the portfolio for the Middle East National Security Council at the White House. In the six years that followed he served as US ambassador to Israel .
Shapiro knows many senior members of the defense establishment well and has a personal acquaintance with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Bnei Gantz.
New centrifuges at Iran's nuclear facility (Photo: Reuters)
Since graduating, Shapiro has continued to live with his family in Israel and worked as a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
In recent weeks, Shapiro has completed his work at the Israeli Research Institute and will begin working at a research institute in Washington in parallel with his position in the administration.
Shapiro told his friends that he and his family are expected to return to live in the United States in the coming months.
In recent months, Shapiro's name has risen as a candidate for a special envoy to promote normalization between Israel and the Arab world.
So far, however, President Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken have not decided whether they want to appoint a special envoy to the issue or try to promote it through current Foreign Ministry and White House officials.
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