Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today he was not looking for war with Iran over its nuclear programme and was willing to compromise.
"Every compromise that will stop Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities which will be acceptable to President Bush will be acceptable to me," Mr Olmert said in an interview ahead of White House talks.
"I am not looking for wars. I am not looking for confrontations. I'm looking for the outcome. This campaign will be tested in only one way - whether it will succeed to stop Iran from possessing nuclear weapons," he said in the interview, recorded in Israel on Friday.
Israel's concerns over Iran's uranium enrichment programme, the war in Iraq and Palestinian moves to form a unity government to replace a Hamas-led administration are likely to top the agenda of Mr Olmert's talks with President Bush.
"Support for Israel traditionally has been bipartisan. I don't see anything changing in the next two years that can alter the balance of feeling towards us," Mr Olmert said.
Israel, which is widely believed to be the only country in the Middle East to have atomic weapons, fears that a nuclear Iran would threaten its existence.
"If someone wants to reach a compromise with Iran, he must understand that Iran won't be ready to do so unless it is afraid," Mr Olmert had earlier said. "Israel has various options which I am not prepared to discuss."
Last month the Israeli leader said there would be a "price to pay" if Iran rejected every compromise.
Iran says it intends to use its uranium enrichment programme purely for electricity generation, but its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has called for Israel's destruction.