(JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden was scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for his first visit to the Jewish state as president, and there are a number of factors at play, experts told JNS. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said during the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that this would be a “historic” week for the Jewish state. Biden’s visit, he said, “will deal with both challenges and opportunities.” He emphasized, however, that the discussions would focus on Iran and the progress of its nuclear program. Professor Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S.-Israel relations at Bar-Ilan University and a...