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Netanyahu: Obama was right, U.S.-Israel bond unbreakable
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Tags: Obama, Israel news, Netanyahu 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a Fourth of July celebration at the home of American ambassador to Israel James Cunningham on Wednesday, and said that the bond between Israel and the U.S. was still strong.

Amid tension with the long-time ally over West Bank settlement construction, the prime minister declared that the sentiments voiced by U.S. President Barack Obama, who said in Cairo last month that his country's bond with Israel was unbreakable, were true.

The prime minister also warned that the world order could break down if tyrannical regimes were to obtain weapons of mass destruction.
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However, freedom has usually triumphed over repressive regimes, the prime minister stressed.

"The greatest danger facing our world today is that this historical consistency of the triumph and spread of democracy could change if the world's worst regimes acquire the world's most dangerous weapons," he said.

Netanyahu did not mention Iran, but he has often warned against allowing Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.

The prime minister spoke less than 24 hours after Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with U.S. envoy to the Mideast George Mitchell in Washington. A senior diplomatic source said Tuesday that tangible progress was made during that meeting. "There is no crisis, and there is progress," the source said. "The setting is ripe for a meeting between Netanyahu and Mitchell and until then, Israel must make some decisions."

Senior U.S. officials said after the meeting that they did not expect a completed deal to come out of the Barak-Mitchell meeting, but that it was a positive and effective meeting.
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  1.   Actions, not words 22:19  |  Adam 01/07/09
  2.   Are you kidding me? 22:49  |  Shaul Ben-Yimini 01/07/09
  3.   Oh the delicious irony! 22:49  |  Norm 01/07/09
  4.   money talks 22:59  |  cole 01/07/09
  5.   Freedom 23:01  |  sam simple 01/07/09
  6.   Bibi: scared of loosing money? 23:09  |  chita 01/07/09
  7.   unbreakable? 23:28  |  Siba 01/07/09
  8.   Just a thought 00:12  |  Iain 02/07/09
  9.   Bibi - pretending to be agreeable 00:28  |  binny 02/07/09
  10.   The More Bibi Talks, the More Shaky the Alliance Is 00:59  |  Binyamin 02/07/09
  11.   Not stupid at all 01:15  |  arik 02/07/09
  12.   In search of something to fear. 01:36  |  Bazmann 02/07/09
  13.   At least he has some humour 01:41  |  carlo 02/07/09
  14.   Blind leading the blind 01:58  |  Linda Carraway 02/07/09
  15.   How about Obama-settlements? 02:17  |  john Spear 02/07/09
  16.   Only as long as AIPAC can manipulate congress 03:23  |  American in NY 02/07/09
  17.   I do love that last paragraph 03:31  |  Johnboy 02/07/09
  18.   Tyrannical Regime; Or Israeli Adversary? 04:09  |  Binyamin 02/07/09
  19.   well, the bond between England and US is unbreakable either 04:23  |  Miron 02/07/09
  20.   Nothing is unbreakable if you work at it 06:20  |  Natallie Durson 02/07/09
  21.   interesting thing about diplomats... 06:53  |  eric 02/07/09
  22.   Israel is one of the world`s "worst regimes" so... 07:35  |  BBSNews 02/07/09
  23.   Is the USA committed to Israel?s survival? 08:30  |  Lane 02/07/09
  24.   AM IN NY 40-50 million Christian Zionists are not from AIPAC 09:37  |  PETER SM 02/07/09
  25.   MNATALIE How hard is to break the US dependence on Arab oil? 10:17  |  PETER SM 02/07/09
  26.   JOHNBOY whats your problem with "positive & effective"? 10:41  |  PETER SM 02/07/09
  27.   The bond is indeed breakable. 11:01  |  Solow 02/07/09
  28.   Obama, Netanyahoo wrong 14:53  |  Carter 02/07/09
  29.   bbsns worst regim 15:52  |  patriot 02/07/09
  30.   Actually, Peter SM in Oz 19:52  |  Jennifer 02/07/09
  31.   Don`t bet your life on US support 20:29  |  your_life 02/07/09
  32.   STRONG DELUSION 22:27  |  Derek 02/07/09
  33.   meaningless platitudes, there I said it and it`s unbreakable 22:55  |  haha 02/07/09
  34.   Basically our friend, but like others no rose 22:56  |  American 02/07/09
  35.   #26 You really don`t understand, do you, PETER SM? 11:20  |  Johnboy 03/07/09
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