Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Obama Meets With Netanyahu

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back at the White House.
Obama meets with him at 11 am eastern. At 12 pm, they'll a joint press conference. Look for a live stream at msnbc.com. Then they'll have lunch together.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Washington on Monday evening to meet with President Barack Obama for the fifth time since the two leaders took office.

A senior source in Jerusalem said that Netanyahu hoped the meeting would enable him to regain Obama's trust after months of tension regarding West Bank settlement construction. Netanyahu was planning to present Obama with a number of proposals for coordinating progress in the Middle East peace process, said the source. Haaretz
The only other scheduled meeting on Obama's public schedule is at 4:30 pm with Robert Gates.