US State Department, Foreign Ministry decline to confirm rare participation of Yair Lapid and Faisal Bin Farhan in the same video conference call

Enrique Mora, chair of the Vienna talks, says it is 'important to pick up the pace' of the negotiations and 'move forward'

Jake Sullivan's visit to Israel said to calm some of Israel's concerns; gaps between Jerusalem, Washington 'smaller than we'd expected,' official tells news site

PA president tells Jake Sullivan that Israel must stop 'unilateral practices' that undermine two states; US official says Palestinian prisoner payments also on agenda

President calls Islamic Republic ‘a ticking time bomb that threatens Israel and the whole Middle East’; Gantz says Jewish state working with allies to determine how to proceed

US correspondent Jacob Magid on Israel's influence over Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna; and political reporter Tal Schneider on Aryeh Deri's get-out-of-jail-free card

In shadow of Vienna talks, Jake Sullivan tells PM two countries need to find a joint way forward to face major security issues; Bennett downplays reported snub by White House

TV says US ignoring request for call between Bennett and Biden; National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on a three-day visit to region, largely focused on Iran

Sullivan to meet with Bennett as well as Israeli counterpart Eyal Hulata to discuss strategic issues, will also meet Palestinian leader Abbas

Biden's national security adviser says 'we do not yet have a pathway back' to 2015 nuclear deal as Vienna talks paused