has learned that actually, a full sit-down meeting had taken place and it lasted an hour. That’s not a short meet and greet for the US president."} 63:{"position":5,"content":"

CIA Director William Burns was also present with Biden and Cohen as they discussed Iran in depth.

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Cohen also met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

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What is fascinating about this turn of events was that going into this week, Cohen’s role in the visit to the US had been continually reduced.

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In February, he thought he would formally lead an Israeli delegation, potentially on the way to becoming the Iran project manager after he retires from the Mossad on June 6.

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But then, National Security Council Chief Meir Ben Shabbat wrestled aspects of Iran policy away, and the trip was delayed repeatedly for two months as IDF Chief-of-Staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi seemed to be taking on a broader role.

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Resultingly, Cohen was only going to meet with his counterpart, Burns, and Ben Shabbat and Kohavi were going to participate in many other meetings.

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No one was even talking about meeting Biden, who had not yet met in person with any Israeli official since his election.

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The last-minute changes seemed to start when Kohavi dropped out, ostensibly to deal with the uptick in rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

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Then, there were messages that Ben Shabbat talked to Sullivan and other officials about a variety of US-Israeli issues, with Iran not necessarily being the focal point.

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