'United Front,' 'Mideast Thaw' and 'Unusual Solidarity' reflect the kind of positive headlines that the presidential visit is receiving.

Chemi Shalev believes Obama may be more effective than thought in rekindling the peace process, Aluf Benn considers how as Israeli dependence on the U.S. will rise as it increases pressure on its ally, and Ari Shavit predicts that Obama's message will be a wake-up call to Israelis. Read Haaretz analysts' take on Obama's visit to the region.

Among 5000 members of boards of directors in the country, there is not a single Ethiopian; Immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel first started in the 70s.

From two Gaza rockets fired into the southern Israeli town of Sderot on the second day of Obama's trip, to Obama's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Abbas in Ramallah, Haaretz brings you today's top 8 headlines you might have missed.

U.S. President Obama meets Palestinian President Abbas in Ramallah, day after holding first round of talks with Israeli PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem; says goal is viable and sovereign Palestinian state alongside secure Jewish State of Israel.

Declines in passenger and cargo traffic and yields during Operation Pillar of Defense contributed to airline's grim balance sheet.

The electric-car company founded by Shai Agassi lost $251 million in Q4 of 2012 and nearly double that over the year as a whole.

No matter how charmed the Israeli public is by Obama's visit, Israelis remain unconvinced that making major concessions will buy any real closure to the Arab-Israeli conflict, especially at a time when a hollowed-out American military can't ride to the rescue if everything turns sour.

In a message to pro-Kurdish legislators, Abdullah Ocalan calls for thousands of his PKK fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory: We have reached the point where the guns must be silenced and where ideas must speak.

Around 150 people gather around Ramallah office during Abbas-Obama meeting.

Sam Bahour, who voted for Obama, explains why he has no expectations for the president's visit and why the Palestinian strategy in the United States has it all wrong.

WATCH: Shir Ariely and Talia Schein cover Carly Rae Jepsen's hit song "Call Me Maybe," earning tickets to Obama's much-hyped speech Thursday.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says rebels have captured Khan Arnabeh, which sits on the Israeli-Syrian disengagement line and straddles a main road leading into Israeli-held territory.

On the second day of his visit to the Middle East, President Barack Obama traveled to Ramallah to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, after a morning viewing the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum; later in the day, the U.S. president will address students at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.

Have Israeli leaders co-opted the country's beauty queen to raise the issue of Jonathan Pollard with President Obama because she is Ethiopian? Do they think Obama will reconsider Pollard just because another black person asks him to?