(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama tells the Israeli people during his first trip to Israel as president that the alliance between the United States and Israel "is forever." He also said making Israel his first foreign stop in his second term "is no accident." "Across this region, the winds of change bring both promise and peril. So I see this visit as an opportunity, to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between our nations, to restate America's unwavering commitment to Israel's security, and to speak directly to Israel and to your neighbors," Obama said in Tel Aviv.