Itinerary for President Obama’s visit to Israel March 20-22.

Joel C. Rosenberg:

As I recently noted on this blog, there is a hope in Jerusalem that the President is coming to re-set U.S.-Israeli relations in a more positive way. But there is also concern among top Israeli leaders that the President is really coming pressure Netanyahu into cutting a bad deal with the Palestinians (including dividing Jerusalem) and promising not to launch a preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, even though Iran appears to be accelerating its bid for the Bomb, and North Korea — a key ally for Iran — has just conducted another nuclear test.

Now more details of the trip are emerging, including the itinerary. On Tuesday, Ynet News — the website of one of Israel’s leading newspapers, Yediot Aharonot — reported the draft schedule as follows:

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