LIVE BLOG: Barack Obama visits Israel: Day one
snip* 9:12 P.M: Press conference ends.
9:08 P.M. Netanyahu, echoing Obama, say it would take Iran about a year to make a nuclear weapon if it opts to do so, says Iran getting closer to the "red line" he described at the United Nations.
"If Iran decides to go for a nuclear weapon ... then it will only take them about a year," Netanyahu says, adding: "Iran gets to an immunity zone when they get through the enrichment process in our view."
"Iran right now is enriching uranium. Whatever time is left, there is not a lot of time. [Israel and the U.S] do have a common assessment on the schedules, on intelligence; we don't have any argument about it."
9:06 P.M When asked about his popularity in Israel, which is considered quite low, Obama answers with a quip, calls the reporter who asked "incorrigible", conceded that he did make peace to the Middle East during his first term, and said "I hope I am a better president now than when I came into office... [The Israeli-Palestinian conflict] is a really hard problem, it has been lingering for over 6 decades; There are differences you can’t just smooth out. It takes a confluence of both good diplomatic work and also timing and serendipity. I actually believe that Israel’s security will be enhanced with a resolution to this issue. The entire region will be healthier with a resolution to this issue. Sometimes it's easier to avoid the question because it’s hard.
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