Obama and Netanyahu emphasized the strong links
The US has since 2007 allocated $ 30 billion in aid to Israel, or three billion a year.
At a meeting at the White House talks about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the nuclear deal the West and Iran and military aid to Israel.
At a meeting at the White House talks about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the nuclear deal the West and Iran and military aid to Israel.
US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington.
It was their first meeting since the world powers, led by the United States reached agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
At the earlier cooling of relations between Washington and Tel Aviv influenced the attitude of the Obama administration that Israel must remain committed to two-state solution with Palestine.
Not far from the White House were held protests supporting Palestine.
At the beginning of the meeting the two leaders stressed the strong links between the two countries.
A large part of the discussion was devoted to the incidents between Israelis and Palestinians.
"I want to be very clear that we strongly condemn Palestinian violence against innocent citizens of Israel. And I want to reiterate once again its belief that Israel has not only the right but also the duty to defend. I'll talk with the prime minister about what he thinks he can settle down passion between Israel and the Palestinians, as we go back the road to peace, and that we can provide to the legitimate Palestinian aspirations realized through the political process, "Obama said.
Netanyahu said: '' I want to make it clear that we will never give up our hopes for peace. We remain committed to the vision of peace between the two countries for two peoples, a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state. I do not think anyone doubts the determination of Israel to defend itself from terror and destruction, but one should not doubt that Israel is ready to make peace with the neighbors who genuinely want peace with us ''.
Military aid to Israel
Netahyahu previously stressed that it is important that the United States continue military aid to Israel so that he could defend against "any threat".
Israel and the United States should agree on the future amount of US military assistance to the authorities of Israel, because the US financed Israeli military budget by nearly 20 percent.
The United States since 2007, as part of a ten-year agreement, set aside $ 30 billion in aid to Israel, or three billion a year.
Obama recently announced he was ready to sign a new agreement with the same period of ten years. For now it is not known on which the amount, which will be arranged the two officials.
Israel wants to get the most modern combat aircraft F-35, which is the most expensive program armed Pentagon. For now ordered 33 such aircraft, and the first delivery is due to arrive in 2016.
Relations United States and Israel, a longtime close ally, soured after the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in April 2014.
The meeting comes amid rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Obama and Netanyahu have not spoken since October 2014, when tensions broke out due to an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
Israel has condemned the agreement six major powers, including the United States, with Iran on the nuclear program of the country, which, in exchange for giving up the program, Tehran promised phasing out of international sanctions.
Netanyahu has been threatening Iran over the disputed program, and the country, which does not recognize the existence of Israel, has always denied that he wanted to produce an atomic bomb.
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