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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

US president in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) seen with President Reuven Rivlin (right) at the opening session of the 20th Knesset, March 31, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 25, 2015, 11:54 am
Rivlin, Netanyahu meet for first time in over two months
Last meeting between the two was on July 17; relations said strained after president rebukes PM’s foreign policy
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) seen with President Reuven Rivlin (right) at the opening session of the 20th Knesset, March 31, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 9, 2015, 12:57 pm
President says he is no longer speaking to Netanyahu
‘I think we’ve said everything that can be said,’ Rivlin explains, again criticizing prime minister’s handling of foreign policy
By ToI Staff
President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath during his visit to the Hall of Remembrance at the Vad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Friday, March 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 22, 2013, 7:13 am
With farewell embrace to Netanyahu, Obama ends Israel visit
US president completes his visit to the Holy Land, leaving Israel with plenty to think about
By Matti Friedman and ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama speaks to an audience of Israeli students at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 21, 2013, 3:25 pm
Obama urges young Israelis to build trust with neighbors, push for peace
On the second day of his visit, the president saw the Dead Sea Scrolls and met young innovators, went to Ramallah to urge an independent, sovereign Palestine, and was honored at a state dinner. In between, he delivered a stirring call to young Israelis to defy the skeptics and reach out for a better future
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama, left, listens to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting at the Muqata Presidential Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, last March (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/File)
March 21, 2013, 7:33 am
Obama calls for Abbas to drop preconditions, says Palestinians deserve fully sovereign state
Settlement activity slammed by both leaders; Abbas thanks Obama for supporting cause; US president says Hamas keeping Palestinians in misery; earlier, Obama toured the Dead Sea Scrolls and a high-tech exhibit at the Israel Museum; morning saw rocket hit Sderot
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres are greeted by children outside the President's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. (photo credit: Amit Shabi/Flash90)
March 20, 2013, 3:31 pm
Netanyahu backs two states for two peoples; Obama keeps ‘all options open’ on Iran
Obama, on his first visit as president, has been meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Earlier, he had warm words for Israel at an all-smiles airport welcoming ceremony, and then met with, was serenaded with, and planted a tree with President Peres
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets President Barack Obama at Ben-Gurion Airport during Obama's visit to Israel in 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 20, 2013, 10:39 am
Obama, on first presidential visit: US and Israel ‘stand together’
Barack Obama has been welcomed to Israel on his first visit as president. Netanyahu thanked him in the name of all Israelis for his steadfast support of the Jewish homeland. The president tried some Hebrew, and had some advice from Michelle for Yair Lapid. Now he’s moved on to the capital.
By ToI Staff
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