Netanyahu: Friends can disagree with each other

Source: Jerusalem Post

PM: We have no better ally than the US

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended criticism of the policies of US President Barack Obama’s administration in a video address to Sunday’s Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.

Netanyahu’s statement was aired after US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew was heckled and booed, but taped earlier.

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“Israel has no better friend in the world than the United States, and the United States has no better friend than Israel,” Netanyahu said. “I want to thank President Obama, the Congress and the American people for all they have done for Israel’s security. But even the closest of friends can respectfully disagree about issues of international security.

And of these, none is more important to Israel, to the stability of the Middle East and to the peace of the world, than the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program.”

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Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Annual-Conference/Netanyahu-tells-Jpost-Conference-Iran-BDS-emerging-as-threats-to-Israel-on-world-stage-405320