frankly, what s in it for us? well, frankly the region is very volatile to be sure with the rise of al qaeda, the changing governments to a muslim brotherhood in egypt which certainly is on the border and a peace treaty with israel and we obviously have the iranian proxy, the hamas, who fired weapons on israel just recently and the explosive situation in syria and the potential of the chemical weapons. quite frankly this region has become so much more dangerous since president obama became president and certainly he s there and all those issues will be on the table. i m glad they re meeting, frankly. because i think he really needs to get this policy perspective and, the view of the israelis in view of what is around them and how volatile this region is and i hope they would be very frank with, with president obama as they american policy unstated, disengaging from this region. so my concern for the american people is the fact
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free from terror and threats that are so often directed at the israeli people. that s the future that they deserve. that s the vision that is shared by both our nations. and that is shimon peres s life work. and mr. president, michelle and i have such fond memories of your visit to the white house last spring when i was honored to present you with america s highest civilian honor, our medal of freedom. and that medal was a tribute to your extraordinary life which you held virtually every position in the in the israeli government. today was an opportunity to benefit from the president s perspective on a whole range of topics. from the historic changes taking place across the region nuclear perils of iran and perils of peace between the israelis and the palestinians and the promise of our digital age and i should note one of the advantages of talking to president per rest is, not
thorny issues between the two countries right now, and, may be those were he is expressed in private. it is difficult to know. joining us a man who has some indication of what goes on behind the scenes in meetings like this. ambassador john bolton is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor. general jack keane is also with us, a four-star retired general and former chief of staff of the u.s. army and a fox news military analyst. aaron david miller is a former advisor to six secretaries of state. he is also the author of, the much too promised land. aaron, let s start with you. this meeting has been written about, much-discussed in the united states. why now? why now for president obama to visit israel? oh, i think it is the intersection frankly of politics and policy. obama helped create his own israel problem and not that
the prime minister of israel didn t air ba his fair share of the responsibility but the fact these two, probably with the exception of david ben guron and dwight d. eisenhower had most dysfunctional relationship between any american president and israeli prime minister. the president made a political calculation and he was vulnerable and exposed on this he had to take care of old business. too many people thought he was somehow hostile and adversary of the state of the israel. that coincides with policy on two issues. this president doesn t want to be the american president that iran acquires nuclear capacity or a weapon and this president does not want to be the american president on whose watch the two-state solution expires. reality is, it is clear from the beginning you want to deal with these issues effectively, you have to find away to cooperate. intimately, with many parties but, at the top of the list is the state of