Jerusalem (AFP) – The US and Israel signed a new security pact Thursday reinforcing their common front against Iran, as President Joe Biden vowed to use “all” American power to stop Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The declaration was inked by Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Biden, who was making his first trip to the Middle East as president. It commits the United States to “never to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon”, stating that it “is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome”. A landmark deal that imposed curbs on Iran’s suspect nuclear pr…