carlos_da_mackeral: 'US gave historic guarantees' Days after NPT conference, official says Obama assured PM Israel's deterrence to remain intact ... http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896361,00.html

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received unequivocal guarantees from Obama for the State of Israel's preservation of strategic and deterring abilities," a senior State official said. "These assurances include a significant upgrade in the history of US-Israel relations in the line of strategic understandings." The source noted that the US had effectively promised Israel that no decision made by the NPT conference would harm Israel's vital interests.