Israel will decide on Iran for itself: Lieberman
Channel News Asia Sunday 4th March, 2012
JERUSALEM: Israel will decide on what to do about Iran's nuclear activities as an "independent state," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday, on the eve of a US-Israel summit in Washington."Clearly, the United States is the biggest world power and the biggest and most important country that is a friend of Israel, but we are an independe...
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