So,... Uzi Arad was in Washington after all....

In Haaretz, here

"...According to a government source in Jerusalem, one senior American official who took part in the discussions said he did not believe the Israeli prime minister would present a recalcitrant position on the Palestinian issue in Washington. "Netanyahu will not risk simultaneous conflict with the United States, the Western countries and the moderate Arab states," the official predicted. 

Netanyahu's advisers -attorney Yitzhak Molcho, National Security Council head Uzi Arad and public relations chief Ron Dermer - will return Friday from preparatory talks in the U.S. capital. The advisors have also been working on Netanyahu's remarks at the press conference with Obama, with the goal of avoiding any public discord between the two leaders over the issue of a Palestinian state. In particular, they are preparing possible responses to questions Netanyahu might be asked on the two-state solution, construction in the settlements, the Arab peace initiative and illegal outposts...."