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is reconsidering Israel’s policy on Iran ahead of his meeting with later this month, according to reports.��

Bennett, who rules over a diverse coalition after ousting from power after 12 years, has launched a , said US news website Axios.��

The review will assess the Israeli stance on��, which was enacted in 2015 to��curb��Iran’s nuclear armoury, and abandoned by the Trump administration in 2018,��an unnamed Israeli official told the outlet.

“There are several questions in the discussions,” an unnamed Israeli official said. “Is the current treading water better or worse than a US return to the deal, if and��how Israel can influence the Biden administration, and what the current situation means for developing an Israeli military option”.

Biden said he wants to re-establish a nuclear deal, and recent talks between Iran and global powers have shown some signs of progress towards restoring the 2015 landmark agreement. However, latest reports say a move that could help it develop a nuclear weapon and��has dismayed European powers.��

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“One change is already clear: Bennett wants to avoid a public clash with the Biden administration,” wrote Barak Ravid in Axios.��

Previously, Israel fiercely opposed the 2015 deal - which Netanyahu condemned as a “historic mistake”.

In recent weeks, however,��has struck a softer tone.��

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told his American counterpart that Israel had “serious reservations” about the accord under��but that the country would engage constructively and make its objections privately.

This is not the only foreign policy shift under Israel’s new leadership.��

Bennett approved a deal with , attempting to repair relations that soured during Netanyahu’s leadership, and approved a vaccine deal with the Palestinian Authority, which was later called off as the vaccines were close to expiring.��

Lapid will travel to Brussels to meet with EU foreign ministers next week.

He has vowed to "change, improve and deepen the dialogue between Israel and Europe," according to reports.��