CIA Director Demands Self-Restraint in the Iranian File
The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, reported that the CIA Director William Burns has paid a visit to occupied Palestine, where he talked about not abandoning the attempt to reach an agreement with Iran.
The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, considered that the CIA Director William Burns's visit to "Israel" is to remind it of its maneuverability limits and to demand self-restraint in the Iranian and Chinese files.
It pointed out that the Israeli officials wanted to discuss the Iranian file with the CIA Director, who talked about not abandoning the attempt to reach an agreement with Iran and discussed topics regarding the Palestinians.
Yesterday, Wednesday, Israeli media reported that the CIA Director made it clear to the Israelis that “the United States has not given up on trying to reach an agreement” with Iran, and that it “has no intention of responding militarily to Iran's attacks on ships."
The Israeli media said that "many of the Central Intelligence Agency directors in the United States visited the Middle East during their tenure, including six presidents who visited "Israel" since the 1970s. However, all of them, with different degrees of intervention, provided advice to the US president regarding policies in the Middle East."
It pointed out that "these visits have one thing in common: the United States was involved diplomatically and militarily in the Middle East, and it identified US interests to preserve and develop them," pointing out that "this is not the situation nowadays, and the United States is heading for a slow and gradual withdrawal from the region in which it has no primary and vital interests."
The Israeli "Haaretz" considered that "two main factors rendered the new CIA Director William Burns's visit to "Israel" exceptional: the first is the diversified agenda and the possible return of the United States to the nuclear agreement, as well as the future of the Palestinian Authority, the stability in Jordan, and China's expanding and deep-rooted plans in the region."
The second factor is "Burns's background", according to the newspaper, which considers that the [current] CIA Director has a diverse job, as he worked as a diplomat in the State Department for 33 years, which he ended as Deputy Secretary of State that was "able to negotiate with Iran".
The newspaper highlighted that "his background not only distinguishes him from the CIA director who preceded him and who came from the same agency but also forms the main and logical reason for his appointment by the US President. Therefore, anyone who studies, analyzes, and materializes the steps of the US foreign policy must deal with Burns as an additional secretary of state".