US President Barack Obama has said that he shares a business-like relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but acknowledged that they have substantive differences over a two-state solution to the vexed Palestinian issue.
“I have a very business-like relationship with the Prime Minister. I’ve met with him more than any
other world leader. I talk to him all the time. He is representing his country’s interests the way he thinks he needs to, and I’m doing the same,” Obama said addressing a joint press conference with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani.
He maintained that a two-state solution was “the best path forward for Israel’s security, for Palestinian aspirations and for regional stability.”
“Prime Minister Netanyahu has a different approach. So this can’t be reduced to a matter of somehow let’s all, you know, hold hands and sing Kumbaya. This is a matter of figuring out how do we get through a policy difference that has great consequences for both countries and for the region,” he told reporters at the White House.
“I have a very business-like relationship with the Prime Minister. I’ve met with him more than any
other world leader. I talk to him all the time. He is representing his country’s interests the way he thinks he needs to, and I’m doing the same,” Obama said addressing a joint press conference with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani.
He maintained that a two-state solution was “the best path forward for Israel’s security, for Palestinian aspirations and for regional stability.”
“Prime Minister Netanyahu has a different approach. So this can’t be reduced to a matter of somehow let’s all, you know, hold hands and sing Kumbaya. This is a matter of figuring out how do we get through a policy difference that has great consequences for both countries and for the region,” he told reporters at the White House.