Biden: Israel America's closest, dearest friend
At an annual event held at the US Vice President's residence in honor of the Jewish New Year, US Vice President Joe Biden said that "Israel is America's closest, dearest, and most morally-based friend".
Among the guests present at the event were Biden's political rivals from the Republican Party as well as leaders of the American Jewish community. Last week Biden said that he refused to release the Jewish spy Jonathan Pollard while US President Barack Obama had considered it. (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington)
