endIndex: Senior Biden administration officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of the coronavirus now believe the theory that the virus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan is at least as credible as the possibility that it emerged naturally in the wild a dramatic shift from a year ago, when Democrats publicly downplayed the so-called lab leak theory. (FILE PHOTO)
(CNN) Senior Biden administration officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of the coronavirus now believe the theory that the virus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan is at least as credible as the possibility that it emerged naturally in the wild a dramatic shift from a year ago, when Democrats publicly downplayed the so-called lab leak theory.
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Israel s new prime minister to update Iran policy before Biden meeting
Bennett. Photo: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has launched an Iran policy review to be concluded before his first meeting with President Biden, which is likely to take place in late July, Israeli officials tell me.
Why it matters: Bennett is in the process of shifting Israeli foreign policy on several fronts, with a particular focus on the Iran file. While Bennett and his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu are both Iran hawks, Bennett is considering taking Israeli policy in a new direction.
The primary debate is whether Israel is genuinely better off in the current scenario with no deal and with Iran accelerating its nuclear program than with both the U.S. and Iran returning to compliance with the 2015 deal, an Israeli official tells Axios:
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