FLASHBACK: United States Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) in Jerusalem, Israel on July 23, 2008. Obama visits Israel and the West Bank during which he will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. (UPI Photo/Moshe Milner/Pool)From UPI:
WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday, the day after Peres spoke to the annual policy conference of the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
The meeting was closed, but the Palestinians and Iran can be expected to be the key agenda items, especially as the Obama administration and new Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu are on a collision course on both of these key Middle East issues.
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My Comment: Iran is one issue, but the issue that will completely split Israel and the White house will be the Palestinian issue. President Obama's sympathies have always been closer to the plight of the Palestinian people over the state of Israel .... how this will manifest itself to U.S. policy is yet to be seen .... but it will be manifested.
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