Fellow Phyllis Bennis on US-Israel relations

World Today

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday. It’s the first time the two leaders have met in more than a year.

For more on the significance of this meeting and whether it would help smooth over strained relations between Israel and the U.S., CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar was joined by Phyllis Bennis. She’s a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, and directs the New Internationalism Project at IPS, working as a writer, activist and analyst on Middle East and UN issues.