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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/A-carefully-crafted-US-Israel-message-on-Iran-327526
A Carefully Crafted U.S.-Israel Message on Iran
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - What emerged from the brief joint appearance by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu after Monday's meeting was an obvious effort to publicly play down any differences about Iran. Obama sent a message that the U.S. was well aware of what Netanyahu has been warning, that what was important were actions, not words, and that the U.S. would not be taken in by Rouhani's "charm offensive." Obama also stressed that "all options are still on the table" - alluding to the option of a military strike if Iran does not back down. Netanyahu did not come out against a U.S.-Iranian dialogue, and expressed his appreciation for the work that has been done to place the sanctions regime on Iran. The message that Obama and Netanyahu wanted Tehran to hear was that on Iran's nuclear issue, the U.S. and Israel remain on the same page.