The United States and Israel have been critical of each other over the way that each country is handling the various turmoils and struggles in the Middle East recently. In a sign of solidarity, the highest ranking military officer, General Martin Dempsey, will be visiting Israel this week to discuss strategies to keep the peace in the conflict-ridden portion of the world.
He will be meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon tomorrow and may stay through to Thursday.
With the Syrian civil war boiling over into Israel and the threat of Iran’s nuclear program still making headlines, the US is hoping to dissuade Israel from a preemptive strike on either nation. Israel has maintained an open option to strike first if the United States and the United Nations are unwilling or incapable of preventing either nation from taking Israeli lives. This has not been received well by the United States government.
According to Reuters:
The U.S. State Department has said it is disappointed Yaalon has not apologized for remarks he made at a closed-door meeting this month ridiculing Secretary of State John Kerry’s push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord and saying that Washington’s handling of the Ukraine crisis projected weakness.
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