US President Barack Obama views the Dead Sea Scrolls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not pictured, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, March 21, 2013. After a visit to Israel's national museum to inspect the Dead Sea Scrolls, which highlight the Jewish people's ancient connection to the land that is now Israel, Obama headed to the West Bank to tell the Palestinians that the creation of a Palestinian state remains a priority for his administration.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press