American President Joe Biden has pledged continued support from the United States to the new Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett.

"The US will always be there for Israel," said Biden on Friday during Bennett's inaugural visit to the White House.

"It is an unwavering partnership between our two nations." Bennett said, "Israel knows that we have no better and more reliable allies in the world than the United States of America." His country will always stand by the US.

The Israeli prime minister said his talks with Biden would include Iran.

He is grateful that Biden had given assurances that Iran would never have access to nuclear weapons.

Bennett emphasized that he brought a "new spirit" with him.

"A spirit of goodwill, a spirit of hope, a spirit of decency and honesty."

Israel no longer wants to negotiate with Iran

Biden said the US would initially rely on diplomacy in relations with Iran.

“But if diplomacy fails, we are ready to turn to other options.” Israel, on the other hand, strictly rejects a return to negotiations on a nuclear program with its archenemy Iran.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz had warned again this week that Iran would shortly be able to build a nuclear weapon.

"Iran is only two months away from obtaining the necessary material for a nuclear weapon," he said, according to a statement.

The existence of the Jewish state is threatened by its archenemy's nuclear program.

In 2015, with the international nuclear agreement concluded in Vienna, Tehran committed itself to producing only low-enriched uranium as fuel for nuclear reactors.

The United States unilaterally terminated the agreement in 2018, as a result of which Iran restarted its uranium enrichment and restricted international inspections of its nuclear facilities.

For several months now, the other signatory states - including Germany - have been trying to get both sides to return to the nuclear deal.

A new government was sworn in in Israel in mid-June.

The coalition is supported by eight parties from the right to the left, including an Arab party for the first time.

This marked the end of the era of long-term right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had been in office without interruption since 2009.

After the serious attack at Kabul airport, in which dozen of Afghans and 13 US soldiers were killed, Bennett expressed his condolences to the United States. Biden and Bennett were supposed to get together on Thursday. The meeting was postponed because of the terrorist attack in Kabul.