{"id":19641,"date":"2014-11-11T08:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=19641"},"modified":"2014-11-11T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T14:20:09","slug":"biden-u-s-will-not-sign-a-bad-deal-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/biden-u-s-will-not-sign-a-bad-deal-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden: U.S. will &#8216;not sign a bad deal&#8217; with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OXON HILL, Md. (JTA) \u2013 With the Nov. 24 deadline for negotiations over Iran\u2019s nuclear program looming, Vice President Joe Biden vowed that the United States \u201cwill not sign a bad deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19643\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Joe Biden and Jerry Silverman\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2281.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19643\" class=\"wp-image-19643 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2281-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2281\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2281-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2281-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19643\" class=\"wp-image-19643 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2281-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2281\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2281-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2281-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">United States Vice President Joe Biden, left, greets Jerry Silverman, CEO of JFNA, at the General Assembly in suburban Baltimore. (Photo by Alan Smason)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet me say to you clearly in Bidenesque way: We will not let Iran acquire a nuclear weapon \u2013 period,\u201d he said in an address Monday to the annual conference of the Jewish Federations of North America. \u201cI would not put my 42-year reputation on the line were I not certain when I say we mean it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only sort of deal the United States would accept is one that puts \u201csignificant and verifiable constraints on Iran\u2019s nuclear program,\u201d Biden said at the General Assembly, which this year is being held near Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president also called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a \u201creally great friend.\u201d Finding Israel\u2019s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, in the audience of some 2,500 in the conference ballroom, Biden said, \u201cRon, you\u2019d better damn well report to Bibi that we\u2019re still buddies. You got it, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s appearance at the G.A. comes two weeks after an anonymous Obama administration official was quoted by journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic magazine characterizing Netanyahu as \u201ca chickenshit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said he and Netanyahu have been friends for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really are good friends,\u201d he said. &#8220;I once signed a photo to Bibi: \u2018I don\u2019t agree with a damn thing you say, but I love you.&#8217; \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like close friends, Biden said Israel and the United States sometimes disagree with each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love one another and we drive one another crazy \u2013 I\u2019m serious. That\u2019s what friends do. We are straight with one another,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19642\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19642\" class=\"wp-image-19642 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2279-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2279\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2279-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2279-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19642\" class=\"wp-image-19642 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2279-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2279\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2279-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2279-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden and Jerry Silverman (Photo by Alan Smason)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden also used his G.A. speech to tout the Obama administration\u2019s record on aid to Israel, including $1 billion in funding for the Iron Dome anti-missile system and $17 billion in foreign military financing for Israeli security over the six years of Obama\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has never been a doubt in our minds of our obligation to match the steel spine of the Israeli people with an ironclad commitment of our administration to Israel\u2019s security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden expressed concern over the current outbreak of violence in and around Jerusalem, saying both Palestinians and Israelis need to try to calm the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll sides need to avoid incitement and demonstrate restraint,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThere is a better path, and we\u2019re not going to stop working until both sides are able to find that path.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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