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There, if he had given that speak at an apec convention in washington, he might have been booed. im trying to imagine what arab audiences across the muslim world were thinking when they saw israelis cheer obama for calling, for palestinian state. it was kind of a brief moment of possibility there. >> and dennis, you spent so many years trying to make this happen, do you think in retrospect, that the administration got off on the wrong foot with prime minister netenyahu, the cairo speech, not fol...

Its a danger for the entire world including the united states. >> and joining me now here in jerusalem is mark regev, the official spokesman for israels prime minister, benjamin netenyahu. your reaction to the speech today, the center spooes really of the trip for the president. >> a few minutes ago, my prime minister, benjamin netenyahu put out a statement praising the speech. he welcomed the presidents unequivocal support for our country, for israel and for the american/israel relationship. he...

>> earlier in the west bank, president obama met with the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas. only hours after a stark reminder of the regions dangers as militants in gaza fired several rockets into southern israel. in ramallah today, the president also reversed course, no longer demanding that israel freeze settlements before peace talks resume on borders and israeli security. >> and thats not to say settlements are not important, it is to say that if we solve those two problems, the settleme...

Informal. he hugged every kid he saw on the way. he first he took netanyahu, he talked about you know his wife, his late brother. his kids. and today he took the israeli public. but you know, im not sure because i was listening to that speech and i was asking myself, was it the caring parent giving a pep talk to his adolescent child saying -- >> was it too paternalistic? >> no, in that sense, saying well always have your back, but you have to take your future in your hands. were not going to be ...

And no iron dome is strong enough or perfect enough to stop every enemy that is intent on doing so from inflicting harm. >> the "atlantic"s jeffrey goldberg is here with me, traveling with the president and he was in the audience for the presidents speech. and joining us from chicago, ambassador dennis ross, who is a long-time lead middle east negotiator in both republican and democratic administrations and a former obama adviser as well. so clinton bush and obama, all of the above. first of all...

Reach a truce with him. and then build a bridge directly to the israeli people. keep in mind, andrea that netenyahu comes to washington, he goes to the congress. and talks to the american people directly over the heads of the american president. barack obama essentially did it today, and he spoke to the israelis, he was very compassionate, he was very warm. he told them how much he loved israel and its history and jewish identity and all that he said the right things to the israeli people. on th...

Speech, the president outlined steps to provide aid to egypt and tunisia and impose sanctions on syria and the first steps toward petition for israel and palestinian. he also praised the people who made the reform possible. >> we must proceed with a sense of humility. it was the people themselves who launched these movements, and as the people themselves that must ultimately determine the outcome. the united states opposes the use of violence and repreparation against the -- repression against t...

Israels security and making his case for peace with the palestinians. we have two very special gifts, donna weiss is the host of "meet the press" on israeli tvs channel 2 and our own david gregory, the moderator of nbcs "meet the press," the longest-running program on television. we have a theme here of "meet the press." david with your indulgence, let me ask donna first, but who this was received. how the speech has been received here in israel. it was a dual message, the message of commitment ...

Protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. right now, a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" -- live from jerusalem. >> so long as theres a united states of america -- speaking foreign language. are you not alone. >> he had them at "shalom" says the israeli press. now president obama takes his charm offensive directly to the israeli people. in a major speech he delivered about the importance of israel and the importance of peace with th...