耶路撒冷-拜登总统周四回避了他是否会为2010年设定最后期限的问题伊朗核项目谈判陷入僵局在与以色列总理会晤后，他敦促美国对伊朗提出“可信的军事威胁”。
拜登在最近的一次采访中说，美国将考虑使用军事力量作为“最后手段”，他在与以色列总理拉皮德(Yair Lapid)会谈后拒绝公开详细说明任何外交努力的时间表。
“我们已经为伊朗人民和伊朗领导层制定了我们现在愿意接受的重返JCPOA的方案，”他谈到联合全面行动计划(Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)时说，这是特朗普政府向一名以色列记者放弃的奥巴马时代的核协议。
“我们在等待回应。什么时候发生，什么时候到来，我不确定。但我们不会永远等下去，”他在与拉皮德签署联合声明，承诺美国“永远不会”允许伊朗获得核武器后表示。
由两位领导人签署的文件还表示，美国“准备动用一切国家力量来确保这一结果。”
2022年7月14日，乔·拜登总统和以色列看守总理亚伊尔·拉皮德在耶路撒冷签署安全承诺前握手。
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拉皮德在早些时候的开场白中呼吁拜登对伊朗提出“可信的”军事威胁，认为仅靠外交不足以让伊朗重返核协议。
拉皮德说:“唯一能阻止伊朗的是，如果他们继续发展核计划，自由世界将使用武力。”。
但他也试图尽量减少两国在伊朗核项目上的分歧，在拜登访问的第二天，他的重点是加强与以色列的关系，并改善该国与同样反对伊朗的阿拉伯国家的关系。
拉皮德在谈到伊朗时说:“我们公开讨论了处理这件事的最佳方式，但我认为我们之间在这些都是达到目的的手段方面没有达成一致。”。“我们不能允许伊朗成为核国家。”
拉皮德对美国发出呼吁之前，拜登总统在离开华盛顿前接受以色列电视台采访时说，美国将把对伊朗核计划动武作为“最后手段”。
许多以色列领导人反对与伊朗的协议，并认为单靠外交手段无法遏制伊朗的核计划(在以色列看来，伊朗的核计划是对该国存在的威胁)，也无法遏制伊朗对真主党等代理组织的支持，这些组织也与以色列发生冲突。
在电视采访中，奥巴马总统拒绝透露以色列领导人是否承诺向美国通报任何针对伊朗核项目的军事打击计划。
拜登在采访中说:“现在唯一比伊朗更糟糕的是一个拥有核武器的伊朗。”。“上届总统退出该协议是一个巨大的错误。他们比以前更接近核武器，”他说。
根据拜登政府的伊朗问题特使罗伯特·马利今年春天在参议院外交关系委员会的证词，外交解决是“最佳选择”。他说，尽管如此，军事干预并没有被取消。
众议院和参议院的共和党人以及几位民主党人都对该协议持怀疑态度，这使得批准与伊朗的任何潜在协议成为国会山拜登政府的一个挑战。
今年早些时候，白宫表示，如果美国不尽快达成协议，伊朗的核进展将使与该国重启此类协议“不可能”。
Biden dodges questions on Iran's nuclear program as Israel's leader calls for action
JERUSALEM --President Biden on Thursday dodged questions about whether he would set a deadline forstalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programfollowing a meeting with Israel's prime minister, who urged the United States to put a "credible military threat" on the table against Iran.
Biden, who said in a recent interview that the U.S. would consider using military force ‘as a last resort,' declined to elaborate on any timeline for diplomatic efforts in public after his session with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
"We've laid out for the people, for the leadership of Iran, what we're willing to accept now to get back in the JCPOA," he said about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Obama-era nuclear agreement abandoned by the Trump administration to an Israeli journalist.
"We're waiting for the response. When that occurs, when that will come, I'm not certain. But we are not going to wait forever," he said, after signing a joint declaration with Lapid that committed the United States to "never" allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.
The document signed by both leaders also said the United States "is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome."
Lapid used his opening remarks moments earlier to call on Biden to put a ‘credible' military threat on the table against Iran, arguing that diplomacy alone would not be sufficient to bring Iran back into the nuclear deal.
"The only thing that will stop Iran is knowing that if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force," Lapid said.
But he also attempted to minimize disagreements between the two countries over Iran's nuclear program, on the second day of Biden's visit focused on strengthening ties with Israel and improving the country's relations with Arab countries that are also aligned against Iran.
"We have an open discussion about what is the best way to deal with it, but I don't think there's a light between us in terms of these are all means to an end," Lapid said of Iran. "We cannot allow Iran to become nuclear."
Lapid's call on the U.S. follows President Biden saying the U.S. would use force against Iran's nuclear program ‘as a last resort' during an Israeli TV interview taped before he left Washington.
Many Israeli leaders are opposed to the Iran deal and believe diplomacy alone will not constrain Iran's nuclear program -- seen in Israel as an existential threat to the country -- or its support for proxy groups such as Hezbollah that are also in conflict with Israel.
During the TV interview, the president declined to say whether Israeli leaders have committed to keeping the U.S. informed of any plans for a military strike targeting Iran's nuclear program.
"The only thing worse than the Iran that exists now is an Iran with nuclear weapons," Biden said during the interview. "It was a gigantic mistake for the last president to get out of the deal. They're closer to a nuclear weapon than they were before," he said.
A diplomatic resolution is "the best option," according to the Biden administration's Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this spring. He said military intervention is not off the table, though.
Republicans in the House and Senate -- along with several Democrats -- are skeptical of the agreement, making the approval of any potential deal with Iran a challenge for the Biden administration on Capitol Hill.
Earlier this year, the White House said Iran's nuclear advances would make rekindling such a deal with the country "impossible" if the U.S. does not reach one soon.
