President Obama Visits Middle East (28 images)

US President Barack Obama (R) and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad (L) visit Al Bera Youth Center in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 21, 2013. Obama arrived for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories since taking office in 2009. UPI/Alaa Badarneh/Pool

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the Shrine of the Book and look at the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem, Israel on March 21, 2013. Obama is in a three-day visit to the Middle East. UPI/Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the Shrine of the Book to look at the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem, Israel on March 21, 2013. Obama is in a three-day visit to the Middle East. UPI/Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas answer questions during a joint press conference in the West Bank Palestinian city of Ramallah on March 21, 2013. Obama arrived in Israel and the Middle East for a three-day visit in which he is meeting both Israeli and Palestinian leaders as his first visit as president. At top left is a photo of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. UPI