He called his Israeli counterparts "friends and partners."
The American movement has served as a fund-rasing and lobbying arm for its Israeli counterparts.
He will need to return soon for a longer stay to rebuild links between reformed Palestinian forces and their Israeli counterparts.
And, he said, when it comes to opposition, his Israeli counterparts have it easy.
On the one hand Iranian scientists are no more guilty than their Israeli counterparts.
Perhaps conferring with Israeli counterparts would be beneficial and a step toward making a perilous situation a bit safer.
"We can't arrest hundreds of people without cause," he is said to have told his Israeli counterparts.
Administration officials have been in intense discussions with their Israeli counterparts about how to make the hourlong meeting on Tuesday successful.
They did say that the Jordanian delegation might be allowed to initial the agenda with their Israeli counterparts.
The "new Palestinian center" deserves as much respect and support as its Israeli counterpart.