Former US president Barack Obama has accused both the Israeli and Palestinian leadership of a “cynical game” which priorities staying in power over peace. Mr Obama told a sold-out audience in the 3Arena that he was “never the best of friends” with the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu who remains in power. Mr Obama added that it was not always popular in the Middle East because he would “call them out on it”. “The politicians, they have a vested interest in maintaining the notion that it is simply us and them and that it is their fault because that helps...