Note: Shaul Mofaz, vice
prime minister of Israel was given a copy of 'Eye to
Eye' after his presentation at the Washington Institute
for Near East Policy on Tuesday. For video of
event click here
Vice Prime
Minister Shaul Mofaz met with U.S. President Barack
Obama at the White House on Thursday and emphasized that
Israel's new coalition government is an opportunity to
restart negotiations with the Palestinians.
Mofaz
met with U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon on
Thursday, and several minutes into the start of the
meeting, Obama decided to join the two.
Mofaz told Obama that the new 94-member
coalition that was set up in Israel, after his party
Kadima joined the government, posed a window of
opportunity to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace
process.
Russian
President Vladimir Putin, whose support for
Syrian President Bashar Assad is straining his
ties with the West, is scheduled to visit Israel
on Monday for a short trip one diplomatic
official said is designed to send a clear
message to the world: Russia is a key player in
the region that needs to be taken into account.
While the
official purpose of the 24-hour visit will be to
dedicate a memorial in Netanya to the Red Army
defeat of the Nazis, talks between Putin and
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will center on
Russia’s policy of propping up Assad in Syria
and on the talks with Iran. Russia is a member
of the P5+1 group – which also includes the US,
China, France, Britain and Germany – negotiating
with Tehran.
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