Barack Obama

Shapiro: Obama did not plan to make Jerusalem an issue

A senior White House official told Jewish organizational leaders that President Obama did not intend to make a public issue of Israel’s latest housing start in eastern Jerusalem.

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Op-Ed: Israel, like Obama, seeing importance in India ties

President Obama’s trip to India highlights India’s growing importance to the United States. Similarly, cooperation between India and Israel is expanding, as the importance of each country to the other increases, writes the founder and president of The Israel Project.