This is CBS.

I'm John Batchel with Malcolm,

the whole line conference of President's

major American Jewish organizations.

And we're very pleased to welcome our colleague,

Robert Sattloff, the Washington Institute.

Malcolm, you have a question for Robert.

Sure, Thurissel, thanks for doing it.

And I wanted to ask you what your assessment is of the visit of the prime minister and the

messages that emerged in particularly the announcement of talks between the U.S. and Iran,

the U.S. says direct, the Iranians say indirect.

Yes.

Well, you know, whether they're direct or indirect, whether an

An Omani diplomat goes from the third to the fourth floor, doesn't really make that much

of a difference.

The fact is that the Iranians who had said that they wouldn't talk to the United States

are now talking to the United States.

I think that there was some considerable concern

on the part of the Israelis that this is now happening

and this motivated the prime minister

to be in Washington to try to shape the negotiating strategy of Donald Trump.

I'm not so sure he succeeded.

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