Wednesday, July 8, 2015

US leaving Israel in the dark on Iran talks, say Israeli officials

The American negotiating team at the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna has not updated Israel on developments in the talks in nearly two weeks, Israeli and American officials acknowledged Tuesday.
The officials did not agree on the reasons for the failure, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.               
In a briefing to reporters in Vienna, senior American officials said that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who has led the Iran talks for the US, tried to contact Israel’s National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen three times over the past ten days, but scheduling conflicts prevented the calls from going through. (READ MORE)