Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with with US President Barack Obama in the White House on Wednesday.<br />Rivlin thanked Obama for his support of Israel during his seven years in the White House, and said that Israel does not have as close a friend as the United States.<br />The White House attempted to invite Rivlin over last winter, when he was visiting the United Nations - after it was revealed that Prime Minister Netanyahu was about to visit Congress without consulting the White House - but Rivlin refused, citing a busy schedule.<br />"Israel must take steps to improve the situation independent of the geopolitical territorial debate - steps that every sensible person understands serve simultaneously Israel's moral and practical interests," he wrote.
