Correction: Former Ambassador Dore Gold has notified us that an Israel National News' newswriter erred in writing earlier that the Israeli government sent Ambassador Dore Gold to Washington to prepare for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's upcoming meeting with President Barack Obama. Ambassador Gold and General Uzi Dayan presented a new study by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and were there in that capacity alone.
Below is the corrected article:
Uzi Dayan, former head of the Israeli National Security Council, and Dore Gold, former senior political advisor and ambassador to the United Nations, headed to Washington to explain their views of Israel's security needs before Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and United States President Barack Oama meet next week.
Gold and Dayan explained Israel's position, focusing on the findings of the Israeli Security Council. Israel's security establishment believes that in order for Israel to maintain its defensive capabilities, security must be provided by the IDF and not by a foreign army, and Israel must have a border along the Jordan Valley.
Israel's has the inalienable right to self-defense, which includes borders that can be defended, they said.
The American side responded favorably to their exposition, sources said. The meeting also focused on Israel's talks with the Palestinian Authority.
Another important meeting took place at Council on Foreign Relations, where representatives were joined by senior staff from the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation and from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Several American speakers suggested that Israel do more to speak directly with the American public, which they said is often more supportive of Israel than are America's leaders.