The U.S. is now facing an assertive Iran that has declared its capacity to build a nuclear weapon after years of evading international inspections and agreements. In addition, it attempted last month to murder Israeli citizens with clandestine operations.
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid issued a detailed joint statement July 14, known officially as the Jerusalem U.S-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration. It reiterates the two countries' resolve as committed allies to address the dangerous prospect of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.
The phrasing of the text itself is interesting in two ways. First, the United States commits "that it is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that" Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon. Second, it "firmly rejects" the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement that targets Israel's very existence as a state. READ MORE
