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Assessment: Biden will hold his visit to Israel as planned Israel today

2022-06-20T17:23:03.223Z


The visit is scheduled for July 13 - and Israel is his first stop • He will also visit Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority • The president is also expected to discuss with Lapid, who is expected to head the government - the nuclear talks with Iran


Following the political drama in Israel - and the run-up to the elections, the Foreign Ministry estimates that there will be no change regarding Biden's visit to Israel, although they refused to commit to it.

The American president will be received by the transition prime minister - Yair Lapid.

The president will arrive in Israel on July 13.

This will be the first stop on his journey, which will last until the 16th of the month and will also include visits to the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia.

It is estimated that the president, who will also visit Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority during his trip, will announce normalization measures between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

The kingdom is expected to open the airspace to Israeli flights, and in return Israel will give the green light to the transfer of sovereignty in the islands of Tiran and Sanfir, which control the entrance to the Gulf of Eilat, from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.

It is also possible that Biden will announce the establishment of a regional system for joint defense against Iranian missile and UAV attacks.

The president is also expected to hold talks with Yair Lapid, who has until then been appointed prime minister of the transition, in nuclear talks with Iran.

Despite reports in the last day of Iran's flexibility on the issue of removing the Revolutionary Guards from the list of US terrorist organizations, Jerusalem estimates that these are false signals and that Iran will not be flexible on the issue.

Leaving the Revolutionary Guards on the list, which has in fact thwarted the nuclear deal at the moment, is one of Bennett's significant achievements in his short tenure.

The administration in Washington was already willing to give up on the Iranians on the issue, but a political blitz - some overt and some behind-the-scenes - managed to change the president's mind.

According to some reports to Bennett's political adviser, Marhat Meir, who has meanwhile left the Prime Minister's Office, was a key part of the achievement.

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Source: israelhayom

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