The US President was reported to have dispatched an unnamed envoy to warn the Israeli leader of US concern that Israel could act unilaterally against Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo) flies to the US for talks with President Obama next week, having already been warned not to "surprise" Washington with an Israeli military operation against Iran.
Mr Netanyahu's meeting in Washington comes at a time of increased expectation that President Obama may tell him that the chances of building a powerful coalition-including Arab states - to pressure Iran to abandon its perceived nuclear weapons ambitions -will be enhanced by progress in talks between Israel and the Palestinians on a future two-state solution.
King Abdullah of Jordan (photo), one of the leading figures in the Arab world who is associated with that view, pressed Mr Netanyahu to commit himself swiftly and publicly to a Palestinian state at a previously unannounced meeting between the two men at the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba.
Some diplomats believe Mr Netanyahu could be on the verge of declaring for the first time his support for a Palestinian state. While he has said since taking office that he is serious about security, economic and political talks with the Palestinians, he has not yet taken that step.
Meanwhile Mr Netanyahu urged Pope Benedict XVI (photo) at a meeting in Israel to speak out against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The premier said on Israeli TV last night: "I asked him, as a moral figure, to make his voice heard loud and continuously against the declarations coming from Iran of their intention to destroy Israel."
Courtesy: The Malaysian Insider
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo) flies to the US for talks with President Obama next week, having already been warned not to "surprise" Washington with an Israeli military operation against Iran.
Mr Netanyahu's meeting in Washington comes at a time of increased expectation that President Obama may tell him that the chances of building a powerful coalition-including Arab states - to pressure Iran to abandon its perceived nuclear weapons ambitions -will be enhanced by progress in talks between Israel and the Palestinians on a future two-state solution.
King Abdullah of Jordan (photo), one of the leading figures in the Arab world who is associated with that view, pressed Mr Netanyahu to commit himself swiftly and publicly to a Palestinian state at a previously unannounced meeting between the two men at the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba.
Some diplomats believe Mr Netanyahu could be on the verge of declaring for the first time his support for a Palestinian state. While he has said since taking office that he is serious about security, economic and political talks with the Palestinians, he has not yet taken that step.
Meanwhile Mr Netanyahu urged Pope Benedict XVI (photo) at a meeting in Israel to speak out against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The premier said on Israeli TV last night: "I asked him, as a moral figure, to make his voice heard loud and continuously against the declarations coming from Iran of their intention to destroy Israel."
Courtesy: The Malaysian Insider
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