Israeli officials fail to arrange ‘urgent’ phone call between Biden, Lapid: Report
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli government officials failed to arrange an “urgent” phone call between Prime Minister Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden, an Israeli TV reported.
When asked by Israeli officials for the phone call, the White House replied that Biden was unavailable as he was on “vacation,” according to Channel 13.
The channel also indicated that Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who left for Washington on Wednesday evening, would also not be able to meet his US counterpart Lloyd Austin since he is also outside Washington.
“At a time when the nuclear talks with Iran are entering the final stage, it can be said that Israel is not an important factor in the basket of American considerations,” the channel said.
“Even before talks with Israeli leaders, the United States conveyed its response to Iran’s reply to the draft nuclear agreement,” it added.
Meanwhile, an Israeli political source said that the gap between Israel and the US is “very large.”
On Wednesday, US government officials confirmed that the response to Iran’s comments on the EU-drafted plan had been sent, without providing further details.
Iran has said that it is making a “detailed review” of the US response.
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