“We believe firmly that Israel’s security and the U.S.- Israel partnership transcends politics. It always will,” Power said. “This partnership should never be politicized and it cannot and will not be tarnished or broken.”
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“It is a false choice to tell Israel that it has to choose between peace on the one hand and security on the other,” Power said, adding that no other country would face that choice and “it should not be asked of Israel.”
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