Warm Icicles mark Obama's Jewish Communal meeting

Obama to Jewish Leaders: "Search Your Souls" on Israel's Seriousness for Making Peace
-Ben Harris

In an hour-long meeting [pictured above] with about 50 representatives from the Jewish community's chief foreign policy umbrella group, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, President Obama reportedly urged Jewish leaders to "search your souls" over Israel's seriousness about making peace.

While top leaders welcomed the meeting, several participants told JTA that the President implied that Israel bears primary responsibility for advancing the peace process.
(JTA)
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Supplemental Statement on Meeting with President Obama

[T]he meeting was conducted in an atmosphere of warmth, friendship and openness and there was no [overt] expression of hostility toward Israel or its government.
(Conference of Presidents, 2March2011)
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