Gal-on: Obama speech shows the US needs us for peace

Meretz leader Zahava Gal-on also reacts to Obama’s Jerusalem speech, saying she “sympathized” with the US president’s message.

“I sympathized with his worldview, with his deep understanding of the world, of the Middle Eastern environment and also of what is happening here at home. He spoke from the heart and entered the heart,” says Gal-on.

She adds that Obama’s speech highlights the fact that the US needs Israel in order to make peace in the region.

“If we really want peace, the Americans will help us achieve it. If not — they won’t be able to do it without us. Peace is in our hands,” Gal-on says.