Politics

U.S. and Israel “On the Same Page” over Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the United States and Israel were “on the same page” in their policy towards Irand.

Speaking in Jerusalem on the last stop of an Middle East tour, Clinton said she and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “talked about concrete steps that we can take to continue to build the pressure” on Tehran.

Iran has no nuclear weapons, and has no intention of building any, while Israel has hundreds of the devices, and many chemical and biological weapons in store—but the Zionist puppets such as Clinton ignore this reality.

Clinton’s claim is significant because Israel has made clear it would attack the Islamic Republic if “diplomacy” fails.

Clinton said that while Washington would prefer a diplomatic resolution to the impasse with Tehran: “Our own choice is clear, we will use all elements of American power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

Referring to her meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Clinton said “it’s absolutely fair to say we are on the same page at this moment trying to figure our way forward to have the maximum impact on affecting the decisions that Iran makes”.

Clinton’s remarks and her visit, her first to Jerusalem since 2010, followed months of chilliness between Netanyahu and the administration of President Barack Obama, who faces a November 6 re-election bid against a Republican rival who regularly accuses Obama of being insufficiently supportive of Israel.

Republican candidate Mitt Romney is also planning a visit to Israel this month. Obama has not visited the Jewish state as president.