US President Barack Obama visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial as he wrapped up a three-day trip to Israel. He said the memorial represents a call to confront bigotry and racism, especially anti-Semitism. Mr Obama also laid wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism who died in 1904 before realizing his dream of a Jewish homeland, and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995.
President Barack Obama listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their visit to the Children's Memorial at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Israel
U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau in the Hall of Remembrance during Obama's visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem
Barack Obama (L) is introduced to the newly-crowned Miss Israel Titi Yityish Aynaw (R), age 21, by Israeli President Shimon Peres
Having planned to fly by helicopter from Jerusalem to Bethlehem for a pilgrimage to the Church of the Nativity, Jesus' presumed birthplace, Mr Obama instead made the four mile trip by presidential motorcade.
Members of the Palestinian security forces prepare for the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank
US President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Palestinian children waving US flags during Obama's visit to the Church of the Nativity
U.S. President Barack Obama meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophills III during a tour of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
US President Barack Obama (C), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C-L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (L), tour the Church of the Nativity, built on the site where tradition says Jesus was born, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem
Members of the Palestinian security form a barrier as they wait for protesters in the streets of Bethlehem
A Palestinian protester runs to seek cover during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, near Nablus, West Bank
Masked Palestinian protesters hold stones during the weekly clashes against the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, near Nablus, West Bank
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as President Shimon Peres (L) watches on, before Obama's departure from Tel Aviv International Airport
President Barack Obama waves before boarding Air Force One prior to his departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel
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