Skip To Content
JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.

Support the Forward

Funded by readers like you DonateSubscribe
Breaking News

Obama, Bibi To Meet

President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will meet the same day as the Israeli prime minister addresses the Jewish federations’ General Assembly.

Obama and Netanyahu will meet Monday in Washington, a White House official said Sunday, a day before Obama attends a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the 13 people gunned down at the U.S. Army base there on Nov. 5.

The U.S. leader had been scheduled to address the 3,000 participants at the Jewish Federations of North America on Tuesday.

A statement Saturday night from the Jewish Federations of North America said Obama explained he had to change his plans to attend the memorial service.

Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, will speak Tuesday in Obama’s stead. Additionally, Obama is scheduled to meet Monday with a group of leaders from the federations’ umbrella.

Republish This Story

Please read before republishing

We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search.  See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.

To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Please email us at [email protected], subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up.

We don't support Internet Explorer

Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site.