last round of israeli/palestinian negotiations, now vice president at the brookings institute. great to see you. here they are, two men who have a notoriously, famously terrible personal relationship but they have a shared interest in a security agreement. the president is very strongly supportive of it. how do they get past the differences over iran? well, i think this meeting will actually be a meeting designed to get them both past those differences. essentially, the president wants to deal with israel s security concerns in the context of the iran deal and in the process, avoid having netanyahu continue efforts to block the deal or undermine it, particularly in congress with new sanctions or things that might require democrats in the congress who voted with the president on the iran deal to be placed in an awkward position again, choosing between their support for israel
doesn t want to be seen to be kowtowing in front of american demands, not that anybody really demanded it, and so hopefully when he gets back from the united states, he will find a way not to appoint him. if he doesn t, it will be a running sore in the relationship and it will just add to the other sour notes in the relationship that start with the prime minister s attempt to sink the president s premier deal on iran by going around his back to the congress. it will just bring up all of those bad feelings again. so i think he needs to dispatch him really quickly when he gets back. ambassador, thank you again. thanks very much. coming up, friend request. president obama joins facebook. we will check in next.
benjamin netanyahu is right now meeting with president obama in the oval office. their first face-to-face encounter in more than a year. despite highly publicized tensions between the two men, they are trying to strike a civil tone today. i ve said repeatedly the security of israel is one of my top foreign policy priorities. we have closer military and intelligence cooperation than any two administrations in history. i want to thank you for this opportunity to strengthen our friendship which is strong, strengthen our alliance which is strong. i think it s rooted in shared values. it s buttressed by share interests. it s driven forward by a sense of a shared destiny. i m joined by martin indick, former ambassador to israel who served as special envoy for the
the west bank. they re at least getting started with what martin indick will be overseeing. it was six visits by john kerry to try to get these talks started and at least they re going to begin. the commitment there is that they re going to go nine months, not break it off within the first three weeks. thank you, chris. thank you. for being with us today. see you tomorrow. that does it for us for this thursday edition of andrea mitchell reports. tomorrow on the show, jen stocky. follow the show online and on facebook. tamron hall has the next hour. new developments in the fort hood shooting trial after a judge refuses to let nadal hasan s advisors off the case. we ll talk to a military law expert about their options as he continues to represent himself. plus, michelle malkin s website criticizes ebony
we stand together to defend democracy. we stand together to advance peace. we stand together to fight terrorism. congratulations, america. congratulations mr. president. you got bin laden. good riddens! netanyahu laid out his vision for a mid east peace settlement but rejected any return to israel s 1967 borders. martin indick is former you see ambassador to israel. thanks for coming on the show, mr. ambassador. first off, any surprises in the speech by netayahu today?