It was reported Sunday evening that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received definite guarantees two weeks ago from United States President Barack Obama that Israel's strategic ability and deterrent would be maintained. The guarantees include an upgrade in the strategic understandings between the two countries.
Also included was a promise that no decision made by the United Nations conference on preventing nuclear proliferation in the Middle East would harm Israel's essential interests. Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem say that Netanyahu has been working to that end in recent months.