Peres said, according to "Haaretz" newspaper in the farewell interview that brought them together in the White House that Perez asked Obama to support Palestinian President , Mahmoud Abbas, who supports the peace process, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan, while urged him to fight Hamas and Iran, and is not maintained a unified Iraq politically because it is a lost cause.

The newspaper said that Peres told Obama, "If you want to use your military troops then use them for the independence of the Kurds."

The newspaper pointed out that Obama has refused to talk to the media while talking to Peres in order to avoid interventions that could address the question about Iran and Iraq, or about his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.