The Times of Israel:
The US president is delivering the main address of his Israel visit, to students in Jerusalem, before a state dinner at the President’s Residence. Earlier, in Ramallah, he called for an independent, sovereign Palestine. Hours earlier, a Gaza rocket hit Sderot
President Barack Obama is on the second day of his visit to Israel, the fifth serving US president to make the trip. The day began with rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel. Obama visited the Israel Museum — seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls and meeting the innovators behind several trailblazing Israeli innovations. Later, he went to Ramallah, where he called for an end to preconditions and new talks toward an independent, sovereign Palestinian state. That’s all covered in our previous liveblog here. (And our liveblogs from yesterday are here.)
Next on the itinerary is Obama’s main address to young Israelis in Jerusalem, and a state dinner at the President’s Residence. Stay with us here as the rest of the visit unfolds.
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