ISRAEL HAYOM
Netanyahu: Meeting with Obama was one of the best we’ve had
Shlomo Cesana, Israel Hayom Staff and Reuters
November 11, 2015

Minimizing past differences, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama met at the White House in Washington on Monday. The prime minister later told Israeli reporters that the meeting had been “one of the best I’ve had with President Obama. The atmosphere was good [and the meeting] was constructive and very practical,” Netanyahu said. He said the meeting was focused on the crafting of understandings for American defense aid to Israel over the next decade. The president accepts our analysis of regional risks and technological changes,” Netanyahu said. He did not mention the specific monetary amount of defense aid Israel was seeking over the next decade, but diplomatic sources placed it at $50 billion…The Netanyahu-Obama meeting lasted longer than scheduled, totaling two hours and 45 minutes. READ MORE