The US refuses to agree on a plan of attack with Israel against …
On Monday, Sky News Arabia reported that Biden's White House rejected Israeli requests to prepare concrete attack plans against Iran: "The United States rejects the scenario for a serious US military plan to target Iranian military facilities."
The newspaper's sources also indicated that the "Israeli delegation that recently visited Washington accused the United States of making concessions to Iran during the Vienna talks without getting anything in return." Importantly, Sky News Arabia adds this to its report: " The Biden administration warned of the danger of Israel taking any unilateral military action against Iran ."
Top Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and new Mossad chief David Barnea, were in Washington last week where they met with top officials from the Biden administration to urge them to take a more energetic stand in the talks. on the ongoing Vienna nuclear power plant with Iran. Israel has continually threatened to "go it alone" in an attack scenario on Iran should a "bad deal" be reached.
The New York Times quoted several officials aware of the meetings as saying that the Israelis were pushing the White House to prepare military strike options in case the negotiations fail. Furthermore, Tel Aviv has pushed Biden to stop the dialogue altogether, arguing that Tehran is simply using the Vienna talks as a cover to expand its nuclear weapons development capabilities.
But even the Israeli side believes there wasn't exactly a "veto" on their plans:
Gantz updated US officials that he has set a deadline for when the IDF will have to complete preparations for an attack on Iran.
The Americans expressed no opposition to Israeli preparations when Gantz unveiled the date Thursday, a senior diplomatic source said the following day. "There was no veto," the source said.
Just over a week ago, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Antony Blinken that "Iran is engaged in nuclear blackmail as a negotiating tactic – this must lead to an immediate suspension of the Vienna talks and harsh retaliatory measures from part of the world powers ". US officials have continued to question Iran's "seriousness", saying the US is running out of patience due to persistent Iranian efforts to drop all Trump-era sanctions.
However, the White House is so far trying to stay the course, while it is also speculated that a "partial deal" could be reached. The Israelis have condemned such partial settlement scenarios. While there have been widespread reports that the Pentagon has prepared alternative "Plan B" scenarios, it increasingly appears that the United States is unwilling to take the extra step to give the green light to further Israeli sabotage and strike operations.
It is believed that while in Washington, the Israeli delegation has pushed to put in place a definitive and decisive "Plan B" that will seek to use limited military action on Iranian assets in the Middle East region to force Tehran's hand at the table. of negotiations. The problem is that this "Plan B" is seen differently between Israel, which would like a very decisive attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, and the US, which would like a demonstration attack on some base in Tehran in the area. A completely different view, which also shows the Biden administration's non-decision.
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