Biden reaffirms alliance with Israel | USA TODAY

President Joe Biden is the first U.S. president to travel directly from Israel to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia as he reaffirms security commitment.

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The United States has long had an outsized commitment to Israel. But President Joe Biden’s relationship with the Middle Eastern nation has been strained by his attempts to restart a 2015 deal with Iran that was meant to curb its nuclear activities.

The U.S. and Israel are expected to announce a “Jerusalem Declaration” committing both countries to use “all elements of their national power against the Iranian nuclear threat,” the Associated Press reported.

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