
On October 18, US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice traveled to Jerusalem on behalf of the Obama Administration to deliver a key speech to the Israeli Presidential Conference, hosted by President Shimon Peres. It was the first speech given by a senior administration official in Israel. She also spent time traveling in the region, meeting with key leaders and making important stops along the way. In Israel, Ambassador Rice met with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. In the Palestinian Territories she met with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad and PLO General Secretary Yaser Abed Rabbo. She stopped at the historic Yad Vashem Memorial where she laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Ambassador Rice also visited Jalazoun Camp in Ramallah, where she spoke with students at the UNRWA Girls School, visited the Jalazoun health clinic, funded by the US Government; and toured a USAID emergency jobs program in Bir Zeit. She also held a roundtable discussion with Palestinian civil society and business leaders, and a discussion at Exalt Technologies focused on the information technology industry. Ambassador Rice visited Iraq, holding meetings with Iraqi leaders such as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani. Other highlights of her travel include meetings with the leadership of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and a meeting with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. She concluded her trip with a tour of the site of the August 19 terrorist bombing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and expressed America's condolences for those killed in the attack. | ![]() Ambassador Rice views images in the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial |
![]() Ambassador Rice meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman | |
![]() Ambassador Rice pauses at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Remembrance Memorial | |
![]() Ambassador Rice lays at wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial | Ambassador Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari visit the site of the August 19 Iraq bombing |
![]() Ambassador Rice meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu |
Ambassador Rice delivers remarks at the Facing Tomorrow Israeli President's Conference |
![]() Ambassador Rice speaks to students from theYemin Orde Youth Village | Ambassador Rice and students from the Yemin Orde Youth Village |
Ambassador Rice and the Chaim Peri of the Yemin Orde Youth Village look out on the 77-acre campus in Northern Israel | ![]() Ambassador Rice speaks with students at the Al-Jalazon UNRWA Girls School in the West Bank |
![]() Ambassador Rice meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad | ![]() Ambassador Rice meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in Baghdad |
![]() Ambassador Rice meets in Erbil with Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdish Regional Government | ![]() Ambassador Rice meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres |
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