Here is the text of President Barack Obama‘s address Thursday at the Jerusalem Convention Center, as prepared for delivery  (and below that are his comments in Ramalah, Palestine Authority, with PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Remarks of President Barack Obama To the People of Israel Jerusalem Convention Center March 21, 2013 Shalom. It is an honor

By Yaakov Lappin   JINSA Visiting Fellow  U.S. President Barack Obama is in Israel today on for his first state visit here. He will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss three core strategic security issues. The first issue will undoubtedly be Iran’s nuclear program, an issue that dwarfs all others in terms of

By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — President Obama is only the fifth sitting US President to visit Israel and like his predecessor, George W. Bush, waited until after the first term to make such a visit.   Major diplomatic announcements or breakthroughs are not expected in any of the stops – to Israel, the West Bank or Jordan. 

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The day after the swearing in of Israel’s new government and the day before the arrival of President Obama, a symposium was held in Jerusalem under the title, “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict  –  Where to?” on the occasion of the publication of The Routledge Handbook on the Israeli Palestinian Conflict, edited by Joel