US Defense Secretary Ash Carter leaves for Tel Aviv on Sunday to push ahead with talks on ways the US can further improve Israel’s security — not just with Iranian threats in mind, but an array of other challenges, including cyberdefense and maritime security.
In addition to its objections to the Iran deal, Israel has also expressed concern that US sales of advanced weaponry to Gulf Arab states has the potential of offsetting, to some degree, Israel’s qualitative military edge.
Aides said in advance of the trip that although Carter strongly supports the Iran deal, he had no intention of trying to reverse Israeli opposition to it.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter appears before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, June 17, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
Carter is scheduled to meet with Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, as well as with Israeli generals, and visit troops in northern Israel. He plans to stop in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, US allies whose leaders also are worried about implications of the nuclear deal.
— AP
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