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Israel’s gushing welcome for Obama
http://www.euronews.com/ Barack Obama has promised America’s ‘unwavering support’ for Israel’s security. He was speaking shortly after arriving in the country on the first overseas trip of his second term as US president.
There were effusive welcomes given by Israel’s president Shimon Peres and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who described Obama as a ‘cherished guest.’
During his three day trip to the Middle East he will also meet the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and he will go to neighbouring Jordan.
But it is the relationship with Israel that is stirring up most interest.
The warm words from Netanyahu belied a cooling in relations, particularly over the Israeli government’s insistence on Jewish settlement building on land the Palestinians want for a two-state solution.
Obama is expected to urge the Israelis and the Palestinians to re-start direct talks, which collapsed in 2010 over the construction of Jewish settlements.
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