(Jerusalem Post) Hilary Leila Krieger and Herb Keinon - Israel does not want to limit its options in dealing with Iran and will seek broad understandings with the U.S. about possible courses of action rather than specific assurances in upcoming White House talks, Israeli and American sources said on Thursday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who left on Thursday for a North American trip that will include an Oval Office visit on Monday, has made it clear to interlocutors that Israel maintaining maximum freedom of action will be a key message in his talks with President Obama. He is also understood to be looking for concrete signs that when the Obama administration says all options are on the table to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, there are actions from the U.S .to give that statement credibility.
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