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A View from the Middle East: Amb. Rice Visits Israel, The Palestinian Territories, Iraq

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.

 
 Date: 10/21/2009 Location: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner Description: Ambassador Susan Rice in Jerusalem, Israel © AP Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ambassador Rice views images in the Hall of Names at the Yad
Vashem Holocaust Memorial
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice in 6 © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman
 
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice in Jerusalem 18 © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice pauses at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of
Remembrance Memorial
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice in Jerusalem © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice lays at wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust
Memorial
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice Jerusalem © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari  visit
the site of the August 19 Iraq bombing
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice in Jerusalem © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice in Jerusalem © State Dept Image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ambassador Rice delivers remarks at the Facing Tomorrow Israeli
President's Conference
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice speaks to students from theYemin Orde Youth Village
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice in Jerusalem © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice and students from the Yemin Orde Youth Village

 Date: 10/21/2009 Description: Susan Rice © USUN Image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ambassador Rice and the Chaim Peri of the Yemin Orde Youth Village look out on the 77-acre campus in Northern Israel

Date: 10/21/2009 Description: Susan Rice © USUN Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice speaks with students at the Al-Jalazon UNRWA Girls School in the West Bank
Date: 10/21/2009 Description: Susan Rice © USUN Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad
Date: 10/21/2009 Description: Susan Rice © USUN Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in Baghdad
Date: 10/21/2009 Description: Susan Rice © USUN Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice meets in Erbil with Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdish Regional Government
Date: 10/23/2009 Description: Susan Rice in 4 © State Dept Image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Rice meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres

 

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