Biden Administration Reviewing Whether Israel, Saudi Arabia Are ‘Important Allies’

[mystery-ak]

Biden Administration Reviewing Whether Israel, Saudi Arabia Are ‘Important Allies’
By Zachary Stieber
February 13, 2021 Updated: February 13, 2021

President Joe Biden’s administration is looking into whether Israel and Saudi Arabia are important allies for the United States, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

Asked Friday whether the administration considers them “important allies,” Psaki said the Biden administration is involved in “ongoing processes and internal interagency processes” to discuss Middle Eastern issues.

“We’ve only been here three and a half weeks, and I think I’m going to let those policy processes see themselves through before we give, kind of, a complete laydown of what our national security approaches will be to a range of issues,” Psaki added.

Biden also has not yet called his counterpart, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the White House is not sure when he will do so.

Some analysts feel the lack of a call signals a shift in foreign policy priorities with the new administration, as Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations wrote on Twitter directly to Biden asking when a call was coming.

Israel’s ambassador to the United States said recently that Netanyahu “is not worried about the timing of the conversation.”

“He hasn’t reached the Middle East yet,” Netanyahu told reporters on Monday, news outlets reported.

Biden has called a number of foreign leaders since entering office, including the leaders of China, Mexico, and Russia.

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[PeteS in CA]

Psaki may have been dodging a semi-tough question with blather - what a contrast with the Trump's press secretary who came to briefing prepared with an indexed binder of materials relevant to likely questions!

But if Biden's peeps really are considering backing away from Saudi Arabia and/or dumping Israel, that would harm much of the world, not just Saudi Arabia and Israel.

The military technology transfer from Israel to the US has become pretty significant in recent years, and Israel, as tiny as it is, has become significant in developing technology and pharmaceuticals.

As for Saudi Arabia, with all their very real problems, they're strategically located and sized, and they are probably the least crazy in an insane part of the world. Doing a Jimmy Carter on Saudi Arabia would be as insane as, well, dumping the Shah of Iran, a move that is still plaguing that part of the world.

[sneakypete]

Sounds like the Chinese want to cut the Sauds out of The New World Order.

[Wingnut]

JoBama loves him some Iran Mullah's.  So much so that he wants to give them more moola.

[sneakypete]

JoBama loves him some Iran Mullah's.  So much so that he wants to give them more moola.

@Wingnut

Providing,of course,that they kick a percentage of it back to him.

[Fishrrman]

"Biden Administration Reviewing Whether Israel, Saudi Arabia Are ‘Important Allies’"

If the harris-biden regime eschews both Israel and the Saudis, I'm wonderin' how long before the Saudis, too, decide to join some of the other Arab states and make peace with Israel...?