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Media Briefing: Obama Travels to Middle East

Wilson Center experts answer media questions ahead of President Obama's first trip to Israel as President.

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Thursday
Mar. 14, 2013
2:00pm – 2:30pm ET
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Overview

On March 20 Barack Obama makes his first trip to Israel as President, also including visits to the West Bank and Jordan. Will this visit help thaw icy relations between Obama and Netanyahu? How will continued violence in Syria factor into the conversation between the two? And how will a new Israeli government affect Netanhayu's position?

Experts on Israel, Arab-Israeli negotiations and U.S.-Middle East relations answered these questions and more in this media briefing call.

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Middle East Program

The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform US foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  Read more

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