Obama was groomed for many years by the Pritzkers of Chicago. He has a record of loyalty to the interests of the Israeli state. He was strongly supported for President by Zionist interests. His chief of staff is the son of an Israeli terrorist leader. He is the first President to have a seder in the White House.
This meeting then was a meeting of old friends. But as to be expected from the ever-dissatisfied Zionists, many at the meeting did not appreciate Obama's speech in Egypt that called for a stop to Israeli settlements while negotiations with the Palestinians were attempted. Obama in the speech was merely trying to sucker the Palestinians into compromising their stand by pointing to how the Israelis had allegedly given up something.
Such diplomatic maneuvering, however, was alarming to some of the Zionist leaders because it didn't coincide with the stance of the current Netanyahu regime. It is reported that some participants made a thinly veiled threat by saying that only when the United States and Israel are in lockstep is any progress made. It was left to the imagination what might happen if the two countries are not in lockstep.
In general, the leaders felt that Obama was being too critical of longtime ally Israel and too lenient toward Palestinians and their Arab neighbors.
Obama tried to explain that it is all a maneuver, but did not make much progress.
(One error Obama makes is to assume the Israel wants a settlement of the mideast situation. Israel has never wanted this. All their words and diplomacy are simply attempts to gain time and superior position for the eventual eradication of the Palestinians.)
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