(New York Times) Helene Cooper and Michael R. Gordon - Secretary of State John Kerry said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was welcome to speak in the U.S. Kerry spoke by phone with Netanyahu on Saturday, the State Department said. The discussion focused on the current state of the Iran talks, Netanyahu's upcoming visit to Washington and Kerry's concern about the financial plight of the Palestinian Authority. President Obama has maintained that a nuclear deal with Iran can help assure Israeli security, particularly given that neither the U.S. nor its European allies in the Iran negotiations are interested in military action to halt Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
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