Obama makes Middle East pledge
US president Barack Obama moved to reassure Jewish party donors that he strongly supported Israel, pledging to devote all his administration’s “creative powers” to bringing about peace in the Middle East.
Mr Obama made the comments at a Democratic fund-raising event at a Washington hotel hosted by Americans in Support of a Strong US-Israel Relationship.
The appearance came a month after he clashed publicly with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the road to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Mr Obama told donors his goals were the same as theirs – a secure Jewish state living in peace with its neighbours – even if there might be “tactical disagreements” along the way.
