{"id":648468,"date":"2013-03-22T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=b307da3ecba2e0c1e9c3c4f995b13a79"},"modified":"2013-03-22T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T20:48:11","slug":"weekly-wrap-up-we-stand-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648468","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap Up: \u201cWe Stand Together\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=C8iiFq-eZcA\">Watch the West Wing Week here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Middle East Trip: On Wednesday, President Obama <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/middle-east-trip-2013\">embarked on a five day journey<\/a> to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2013\/03\/20\/president-obama-tells-israeli-peoplethe-us-proud-to-be-your-strongest-ally\">The President began his visit with an arrival ceremony at the Ben Gurion airport followed by a visit to an Iron Dome defense battery&nbsp;in Tel Aviv<\/a>. In the evening, President Obama flew to Jerusalem to talk with Israeli leaders and joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a working dinner.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2013\/03\/21\/president-obama-speaks-young-people-israel\">the President visited the West Bank<\/a>, where he held meetings in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Abbas and&nbsp;Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad, and attended a cultural event at Al-Bireh Youth Center. The day also included a tour of the Israel Museum and a speech from the Jerusalem International Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>The President wrapped up his busy day at the residence of President Peres for a dinner in Jerusalem. Check back this weekend for coverage on the rest of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/middle-east-trip-2013\">President Obama&rsquo;s Middle East Trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch some of the President&rsquo;s Trip Now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/photos-and-video\/video\/2013\/03\/20\/president-obama-speaks-arrival-ceremony-israel\">President Obama Speaks at an Arrival Ceremony in Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/photos-and-video\/video\/2013\/03\/21\/president-obama-speaks-people-israel\">President Obama Speaks to the People of Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/photos-and-video\/video\/2013\/03\/21\/president-obama-holds-press-conference-president-abbas-palestinian\">President Obama Holds a Press Conference with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/photos-and-video\/video\/2013\/03\/20\/president-obama-holds-press-conference-prime-minister-netanyahu-is\">President Obama Holds a Press Conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2013\/03\/22\/weekly-wrap-we-stand-together\" >read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the West Wing Week here. Middle East Trip: On Wednesday, President Obama embarked on a five day journey to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. The President began his visit with an arrival ceremony at the Ben Gurion airport followed by a visit to an Iron Dome defense battery&nbsp;in Tel Aviv. In the evening, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7329,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}