U.S. President Barack Obama is visiting the Middle East for talks with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders.
President Obama Visits the Middle East
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![Members of the audience listen as President Obama delivers a speech on Mideast policy at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 21, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8758942c-ce3c-4319-956e-26f03688e5b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the audience listen as President Obama delivers a speech on Mideast policy at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 21, 2013.
![Obama interacts with children as he tours the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, March 22, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/aa664f10-11d0-43f3-ba5d-d44d18f66755_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Obama interacts with children as he tours the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, March 22, 2013.
![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walks with Obama at the Muqata Presidential Compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, March 21, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8d9da2de-5b57-464f-aed3-5f0b85b0fd12_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walks with Obama at the Muqata Presidential Compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, March 21, 2013.
![President Obama lays a wreath at the grave of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mt Herzl in Jerusalem March 22, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3f8dc0e5-b2ec-49fe-8834-e20d2168fde0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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President Obama lays a wreath at the grave of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mt Herzl in Jerusalem March 22, 2013.