By JPOST.COM STAFF
06/07/2010
PM calls for direct talks with Palestinians in White House meeting, Obama commends Israel on new Gaza policy, calls US-Israel relationship an "extraordinary friendship."

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu enterned the White House to meet with US President Barack Obama on Tuesday afternoon.

"We're committed to peace, I'm committed to peace," Netanyahu said. However, the Prime Minister pointed out that Israel wants security after a peace agreement, saying that the withdrawal from Gaza did not bring that.

"Peace is the best option," Netanyahu declared.

Netanyahu said that, in order to accomplish this goal, "Abbas and I need to move to direct talks."

"I believe the prime minister wants peace, two states living side-by-side in peace and security" Obama said. "We expect the proximity talks to lead to direct talks, and there will be a set of confidence-building measures."

Obama called the meeting "one more step in the extraordinary friendship between the US and Israel, which has grown closer and closer as time goes on."

Watching my Prime Minister and my President together today makes me sad.

Sad because Israel is still going down the "peace" road, when are we going to learn?