Itongadol.- US President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Thursday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a White House official said, as the United States seeks to keep up the momentum toward peace negotiations.
Days after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators ended a three-year void and met in Washington with Secretary of State John Kerry, Obama talked to both Abbas and Netanyahu. Details of the discussions were expected later in the day.
The Israel Defense Forces and the US European Command concluded two concurrent military exercises on Thursday evening after two weeks of drills in Israel.
Juniper Stallion 13 and Noble Melinda 13 were bilateral exercises held between the US and Israeli Air Forces and Navies respectively. The exercises took place as part of regularly scheduled training between the two nations.
Neither exercise was related to any current real-world events, an IDF Spokesperson said.
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