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Biden Administration Aims to Avoid Public Clash with Israel over Iran
(Axios) Barak Ravid - State Department Iran envoy Rob Malley told Axios the U.S. and Israel want to avoid the sort of public confrontation over Iran that took place during the Obama administration. U.S. and Israeli teams led by U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat will hold a first round of talks on Iran on Thursday via secure video conference. Israeli officials say they want to use the first meeting to lay out the latest intelligence on Iran's nuclear program and assess whether the U.S. and Israeli intelligence pictures align. Malley said the Biden administration is committed to being consultative and transparent with Israel and that he had already spoken extensively with Israeli officials. "While we may have different interpretations and views as to what happened in 2015-2016, neither of us wishes to repeat it," Malley said.