Obama, Netanyahu Talk to Press Before Final Meeting

“It is based on common values, family ties, a recognition that a Jewish state of Israel is one of our most important allies, and a guiding principle throughout my presidency.it is important for America’s national security to ensure that we have a safe and secure Israel, one that can defend itself”.

Obama also met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Tuesday, praising that country’s historic peace agreement with the FARC militia group, ending that country’s fifty-year armed struggle with the group.

Obama has little to show for his two efforts – one spearheaded by George Mitchell in his first term and another by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in his second.

“That issue has been less of an area of tension in our relationship”, Rhodes said.

Having failed to make progress during the past eight years with Israel toward a two-state solution, President Obama acknowledged Wednesday that he’s turning over the challenge to the next president as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a new US military aid package.

When Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sits down today with President Obama for the 17th (and last) time, he is likely to hear a rebuke of Israel’s continued building in the West Bank.

Obama is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) in NY. It’s expected to be their final meeting before Obama leaves office in January. “It’s like an on old couple that is just getting to know each other”, the official said. “They have been toying with the idea for months”.

A Jewish group supporting Donald Trump’s campaign for the U.S. presidency defended the Republican candidate’s praise for Israel’s use of profiling to prevent terrorist attacks.”Rather”. Several analysts believe Obama will consult Clinton if she wins. “It’s a very hard and risky time in the Middle East”. Israel has blamed accused Palestinian leaders of inciting violence – a claim the Palestinians reject. George Bush, his vice president and the president-elect, backed the dialogue. He added that the conversation would bring up Syria and the condition of the West Bank.

The acid political climate between Israelis and Palestinians makes progress unlikely.

In addition, the official stressed that neither U.S. presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump, have requested meetings with Netanyahu, but that if they did, he would respond positively.

During their meeting in NY on the sidelines of the annual convening of the United Nations General Assembly, the two leaders also spent a considerable amount of time discussing the crisis in Syria.

Israeli leaders have expressed concern that the French initiative, which has so far involved worldwide leaders but no Israeli or Palestinian representatives, will allow the Palestinians to avoid bilateral talks.

“It greatly enhances Israel’s security”, the Israeli PM said.

Police also arrested three Palestinians from Jerusalem and two more from nearby Abu Dis. Many Palestinians say that the chances for a two-state solution are quickly disappearing and call on President Obama to make one last attempt to get a Palestinian state on the books.

That means the focus shifts in the United States to Mr Obama’s potential successors: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.

“What the United States thinks has never been the missing link”, he said.