US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israel's new top diplomat Yair Lapid on Sunday, in the United States' first face-to-face meeting with the freshly installed government that seeks a less combative approach with its main ally Washington. Lapid, who took office on June 13 under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a nationalist, has accused Netanyahu of jeopardizing Israel's once rock-solid support in the United States by openly rallying.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Israel s new top diplomat Yair Lapid. (File)
Paris:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israel s new top diplomat Yair Lapid on Sunday, in the United States first face-to-face meeting with the freshly installed government that seeks a less combative approach with its main ally Washington.
Lapid, a centrist who delayed his own plans to be prime minister as he masterminded a coalition to unseat veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu, is flying to Rome to see Blinken, who arrives in Italy on Sunday on a three-nation tour of Europe.
The meeting comes as President Joe Biden s administration moves ahead with fresh talks on reviving a 2015 accord with Iran strongly opposed by Israel in which Tehran drastically scaled back nuclear work in return for promises of sanctions relief.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Photo: File
PARIS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israel s new top diplomat Yair Lapid on Sunday, in the United States first face-to-face meeting with the freshly installed government that seeks a less combative approach with its main ally, Washington.
Lapid, a centrist who delayed his own plans to be prime minister as he masterminded a coalition to unseat veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu, is flying to Rome to see Blinken, who arrives in Italy on Sunday on a three-nation tour of Europe.