High level talks will be held next week between the US and Israel over Iran’s nuclear program.

Specifically, Israel is coming to the White House to work up a joint plan with the US should President Trump’s demand for a renegotiated nuclear deal fall flat and things escalate to military force.

Here’s the news via Axios:

A senior Israeli delegation is expected to visit the White House early next week for strategic consultations about Iran, two Israeli officials and one U.S. official tell Axios.

President Trump has given Tehran a two-month window to negotiate a new nuclear deal, as Axios reported, and has raised the threat of military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program if no deal is reached.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team think the odds of a deal are low, and want to align on a joint course of action should things escalate to military force, one of the Israeli officials said.

This will be the first meeting of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Consultative Group (SCG) since Trump assumed office. It’s the most senior forum for U.S.-Israeli discussion on Iran’s nuclear program.

Top Netanyahu advisers strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi are expected to lead the Israeli delegation, according to Israeli officials.

They are expected to meet with a U.S. team led by Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz and representatives from the State Department, Pentagon, and U.S. intelligence community.

A senior U.S. official said the talks are expected to focus on the Iranian nuclear issue and the possibility of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.

The official said the war in Gaza and the Israel-Lebanon negotiations over their disputed border are also expected to be discussed.
The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.