Netanyahu left the White House after spending one hour 40 minutes in the office of the U.S. presidency with Obama. Obama and his guest also does not appear together in public after the meeting.
A statement from the White House said only that the two leaders discussed a number of countries of bilateral issues, including on Iran and on how to follow up the matter of Middle East peace.
As quoted from the pages of al-Jazeera television station, the White House was careful not to impress them on the side of Netanyahu. White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, before the meeting said that U.S. government policy for decades is no longer to build settlements, and it was not something new in government.
Yesterday, Netanyahu also insisted that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, who last week announced it would not take part in elections, to immediately renew peace negotiations.
Before meeting with Obama, Netanyahu says ready to commit to the peace negotiations. But the prospect of new talks were likely to be more bleak than ever before due to Israel's refusal to suspend settlement activities in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel.
Actually makes halt Palestinian settlement activity as a condition for restarting peace talks.
Obama's meeting with Netanyahu announced Sunday night, just moments after Netanyahu arrived in Washington. The announcement at the last minute that forced the Israelis and the U.S. denied the presumption that such invitations reflect that Obama's administration felt frustrated with Netanyahu.