Biden reassures Israel on American commitment to its security
9 03 2010Yesterday - 12.12 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has reassured Israel today on the efforts of Washington to its security and said that the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks provides a "moment of real opportunity" for peace. Continue reading this Story Biden, who arrived yesterday, most senior administration of President Barack Obama to visit Israel, where concerns about Iran's nuclear program are strong. "There 's absolutely divergence between the United States and Israel regarding Israel's security, our mutual security, absolutely none, "said Biden. His visit coincided with the Israeli-Palestinian agreement in meetings with the envoy in the Middle East Obama George Mitchell this week to restore the peace talks suspended in December 2008, in a strong skepticism about their possibility of success. "I think we are in a moment of real opportunity," said Biden during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres. Tomorrow instead a planned meeting with Palestinian leaders in the occupied West Bank. "The interests of both Palestinian and Israeli peoples, if all they step back and do a deep breath, are currently much more in line not opposed" he said. But many Israelis seem less interested in peace talks with the Palestinians than to messages that Biden will launch on confrontation with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Israeli political sources expect Biden to clarify, like other U.S. officials have, that Obama does not want Iran is hit, if Israel, as Washington tries to oppose the nuclear program in Tehran with the threat of sanctions. - On other news site www.reuters.it Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia