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American Presidents & Israel: Barack Obama Administration Table of Contents

American Presidents & Israel:
Barack Obama Administration

(2009 - 2017)

President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu & PA President Abbas, 2009 (Photo: White House)

President Obama & Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, 2013 (Photo: White House)

Reference

2016

Secretary of State John Kerry's Final Speech on Middle East Peace (December 28)
Statement by the President on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 71st Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau(January 27)
Statement by the President on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day (May 4)
Statement by the President on the Death of Shimon Peres (September 28)
Final Address to the United Nations General Assembly (September 20)
Obama Signs 10-Year $38 Billion Security Assistance MOU (September 14)

2015

2014

Summary of Technical Understandings Related to the Implementation of the Joint Plan of Action on the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Program (January 16)
Obama Adviser on Emergency Aid to Israel
Statement on ISIS (September 10)
Address to the UN General Assembly (September 24)

2013

Remarks at Joint Press Conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (March 20)
Remarks at Joint Press Conference with Israeli President Shimon Peres (March 20)
Upon Arriving in Israel for first Presidential Visit (March 20)
Speech in Jerusalem to the Israeli People (March 21)
Remarks at Joint Press Conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (March 21)
Speech at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum (March 22)
Proclamation of Jewish American Heritage Month 2013 (April 30)
Authorizing the Implementation of Sanctions from Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 with Respect To Iran (June 3)
Extending Waiver to Postpone Stipulations of Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act (June 6)
Remarks to the Nation on Syria Crisis (September 10)
Speech at Opening of the United Nations General Assembly (September 24)
Remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Bilateral Meeting (September 30)
Statement On First Step Agreement on Iran's Nuclear Program (November 23)

2012

Remarks With Jordan's King Abdullah on the Middle East (January 17)
Statement On International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27)
Statement On Syria (February 4)
Blocking Property of the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions (February 6)
Speech At the 2012 AIPAC Policy Conference (March 4)
Remarks With Israeli PM Netanyahu After Bilateral Meeting (March 5)
Statement On Call with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (March 19)
Speech On Yom HaShoah (April 19)
Statement At the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (April 23)
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Persons with Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Iran (April 23)
Speech Marking American Jewish Heritage Month (May 1)
Prohibiting Transactions with, and Barring Entry to, Iran Sanctions Evaders (May 1)
Extending Waiver to Postpone Stipulations of Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act (June 1)
Signing US-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 (July 27)
Authorizing Additional Sanctions with Respect to Iran (July 31)
Statement At the Opening of the United Nations General Assembly (September 25)
Authorizing the Implementation the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (October 9)
Readout of Call to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Operations in Gaza (November 21)

2011

Statement On Special Tribunal for Lebanon (January 17)
Remarks On International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27)
Remarks On President Mubarak Stepping Down in Egypt (February 11)
Remarks On Anniversary of Hariri Assassination (February 13)
Obama Vetoes Security Council Resolution on Israeli Settlements (February 18)
Declaring May 2011 Jewish American Heritage Month (April 29)
Remarks On the "Arab Spring" - Middle East and North Africa (May 19)
Statement Outlining Stance on Israel's Security and Peace Process (May 19)
Statement With Israeli PM Netanyahu After Bilateral Meeting (May 20)
Speech At the 2011 AIPAC Policy Conference (May 22)
Authorizing the Implementation of Sanctions on Iran (May 23)
United States Will Not Attend Durban III (June 1)
Obama Postpones Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (June 3)
Waiver to Not Cut Aid to the Palestinian Authority (August 30)
Remarks On Israel at the Opening of the United Nations General Assembly (September 21)
Statement With Israeli PM Netanyahu before Meeting at United Nations (September 21)
Statement On Resumption of Negotiations and Palestine UN Membership (September 23)
Imposing Sanctions Against Business with Iran (November 21)
Remarks At White House Hanukah Reception (December 8)
Remarks At General Assembly of the Union of Reform Judaism (December 16)

2010

Words On the 65th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau (January 27)
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (January 28)
Waives Statutory Provisions on the PLO Office (April 7)
Waives Restrictions on Funds to the Palestinian Authority (April 7)
Letter to Chairman of Conference of Presidents (April 20)
Renewal of Syria Sanctions (May 3)
Statement on U.S. National Security Strategy (May 26)
Extending Waiver to Postpone Stipulations of Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act (June 2)
Remarks With Israeli PM Netanyahu After Meeting (July 6)
Speech With Middle East Leaders on the Resumption of Direct Negotiations (September 1)

2009

Pledges to Prevent Hamas Smuggling (January 21)
President Obama’s First Remarks on Israel and the Palestinians (January 22)
Waives Statutory Provisions on the PLO Office (April 9)
President Obama’s Remarks at the Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ceremony (April 23)
Statement On the 61st Anniversary of Israel’s Independence (April 28)
Proclamation of Jewish American Heritage Month (May 12)
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu (May 18)
Remarks by President Obama and President Abbas (May 28)
Remarks by President Obama at Cairo University (June 4)
Extending Waiver to Postpone Stipulations of Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act (June 5)
Remarks by President Obama at Trilateral Meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu and PA President Abbas (September 22)
Waives Statutory Provisions on the PLO Office (October 8)
Statement To the Israeli Public (October 20)
Extending Waiver to Postpone Stipulations of Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act (December 3)
Iran Refined Pertroleum Sanctions Act (December 15)