US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the United States is 100 percent allied with Israel, especially when it comes to negotiations over Irans nuclear energy program.In an interview with MSNBCs Morning Joe on Thursday, Kerry said, Whats important here is we stand with Israel firmly - 100 percent.
He made the comments one day after Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee stormed out of a classified meeting with Kerry, saying the briefing session was anti-Israeli.
Kerry held a closed-door briefing with the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday to convince Congress that any new sanctions against Iran would be viewed as bad faith and can destroy the ability to reach an agreement over Tehrans nuclear energy program.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) described the briefing as anti-Israeli, saying I was supposed to disbelieve everything the Israelis had just told me.
Meanwhile, Israel continued its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill as Israels Economy and Trade Minister, Naftali Bennett, pushed for new anti-Iran sanctions on Thursday and described a possible deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany as catastrophic.
This comes as White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Tuesday that imposing new sanctions on Iran would be a march to war and that the American people do not want a march to war.
Speaking with reporters during a White House briefing on Thursday, US President Barack Obama also called on Congress not to impose any new sanctions on Iran.
On Friday, an unnamed top US official told Reuters that a nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 is quite possible during the next round of talks between the two sides, which is to be held in Geneva on November 20.
By Press TV
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