ISRAEL-US/CARTER-HOLOCAUST U.S. Defence Secretary Carter visits Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem

Record ID: 146422

  • Title: ISRAEL-US/CARTER-HOLOCAUST U.S. Defence Secretary Carter visits Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem
  • Date: 21st July 2015
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 21, 2015) (AGENCY POOL) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY ASH CARTER ARRIVES AT YAD VASHEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM IN JERUSALEM VARIOUS OF CARTER TOURING AT HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
  • Embargoed: 5th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Jerusalem
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  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday (July 21) visited Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as he was nearing the end of his visit to Israel, where opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran is strong.
    Earlier, Carter held a meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the deal's most vocal critics.
    Carter, making the first visit by a U.S. cabinet official to Israel since last week's landmark agreement to curb Iran's nuclear programme, aims to move away from political tensions over the accord to more cool-headed, nuts-and-bolts discussions on deepening security ties.
    Israel warned during Carter's visit on Monday (July 20) it feared a deal on curbing Iran's nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief would translate into more money for Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Lebanese militia group, and others hostile to Israel.
    Carter promised to help, trying to reassure Israel of steadfast U.S. support following last week's deal between Tehran and six world powers.
    Washington and Israel are split over the Iranian nuclear deal, with President Barack Obama saying it makes the United States and its allies safer. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it does not.
    On Sunday, Netanyahu urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a deal he said would only feed an "Iranian terror machine".
    Israel is widely believed to have the only nuclear arsenal in the Middle East.
    Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said over the weekend that the nuclear deal would not change Tehran's policy in supporting allies including in Lebanon, Syria and among the Palestinians.
    But Carter has repeatedly stressed that although the nuclear deal placed limits on Iran, it would not prevent the United States from bolstering its allies in the region.
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