U.S. President Barack Obama listens to applause following his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 20, 2016.
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Obama’s comments come days after the USA government finalized its plan to give $38 in military foreign aid to Israel.
Washington, meanwhile, has criticized Israel’s ongoing and accelerating building of settler homes on occupied Palestinian land, arguing that this could put hopes of a negotiated settlement to the dispute beyond reach.
But the White House remains opposed to Israel’s expanded settlement activity in Arab territory, and has expressed disappointment at Netanyahu’s occasional skepticism about the viability of a two-state solution in the region.
Ties between the two leaders never fully recovered after Netanyahu showed up on Capitol Hill to lobby Congress against Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
Mr. Netanyahu thanked the president for “the extensive security and intelligence cooperation between our two countries”, which includes a new 10-year military aid package worth $38 billion, the largest deal ever by the U.S.
Lauder said Tuesday that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on Israel in his address to the 71st General Assembly were a “missed opportunity”.
Israel has been concerned that Obama, in his final months in office, will launch one final bid for Palestinian-Israeli peace, but the lack of emphasis on the issue in his final speech to the United Nations suggested otherwise.
In his first major United Nations speech eight years ago, President Barack Obama said he would not give up on Israeli-Palestinian peace.
The official said the talks also included “continuing Israeli settlement activity as Israel enters the 15th year of its occupation and profound US concerns about the corrosive effect that that is having on the prospect for two states”. “I’m sure President Obama will do so tomorrow as well”. “The U.N. has always been a platform for anti-Semitism and hostility toward Israel, and anyone trying to use the U.N.to resolve this conflict is not making a good faith effort to achieve peace, and not pushing a solution that deserves US support”. Israel says most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks.
“He has not made an impact on this issue, at all, and he wants to”, said Elliott Abrams, a Middle East adviser to former President George W. Bush, a Republican.
Netanyahu heads to NY at a time of renewed violence back home.
More than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces – either during alleged attacks on Israelis or in clashes with Israeli forces – since October of previous year. The bloodshed has raised fears that a year-old wave of violence could be heating up again after appearing to quiet down in recent months.
Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian girl after she allegedly tried to stab an Israeli near a West Bank checkpoint on Wednesday morning, Israeli authorities said.
According to Israel’s Manufacturers’ Association, even a 1 billion shekel ($265 million) cut in the defence budget will lead to the layoff of more than 2,000 workers, mostly from small- and medium-sized subcontractors that have a “to be or not to be” dependence on orders from the Israeli defence establishment.
The Adviser reiterated Pakistan’s full support to the just cause of Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination and return, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Arab peace initiative.
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