Israel would rather strain relations with the US than concede too much to its Arab peace partners, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview broadcast yesterday.
"Although relations with the United States is a strategic asset of utmost importance, it is not the supreme asset of the State of Israel," Mr Netanyahu told Israel Radio. "The supreme asset is our security. The supreme asset is things holy to us like Jerusalem." AP - Jerusalem
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