Of course he would say that. No politician in America wants those Israel/anti-semitic problems
Plus Obama aint making these decisions dolo. He gets briefed and advised.
A quick look at his inner circle regarding this matter:
Tony Blinke - Deputy National Security Advisor
Jonathan Greenblatt -Special Assistant to the President and Director,
Eric Lynn -Middle East Policy Adviser
David Plouffe - Senior Advisor to the President
Dan Shapiro - Ambassador to Israel
ALL of the above are Jews. I'm not one for conspiracy...but these are the people who would be briefing and advising him on this. And when literally all advice regarding this matter come from people who are more likely than not to be one-sided, you get one-sided results.
Of course this is not the only reason...but it does gives you a glimpse as to how biased policy towards Israel is.