Benjamin Netanyahu

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** FILE ** Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press about the Palestinian bid to the U.N. during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press about the Palestinian bid before the United Nations during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel, at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, confers with Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, as they wait with other senators for the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton deliver joint statements in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. A diplomatic push to end Israel's nearly weeklong offensive in the Gaza Strip gained momentum Tuesday, with Egypt's president predicting that airstrikes would soon end, the U.S. secretary of state racing to the region and Israel's prime minister saying his country would be a "willing partner" to a cease-fire with the Islamic militant group Hamas.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)

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After Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raced to Israel on Tuesday in an attempt to de-escalate violence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would be a “willing partner” to implement a cease-fire with the Islamic militant group Hamas. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media at Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv on Nov. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second left) is surrounded by bodyguards as he walks towards a military helicopter following a visit to the Golan Heights on Nov. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the army is prepared for a “significant widening” of its operation in the Gaza Strip. He told reporters that Israel won’t tolerate continued rocket fire on its civilians. (Associated Press)

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Columns of smoke rise in Gaza City from a series of airstrikes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls a clear message to Hamas and other terrorist organizations.” Hamas security officials said two of the organization’s training facilities were among the 20 sites hit. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Netanyahu ordered the military in 2010 to go on high alert for a looming attack on Iran's nuclear program, but backed off following strong objections from senior security officials, according to an Israeli news program. The show suggests Israel came close to carrying out the strike, and exposes a deep rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top security men over the wisdom of attacking Iran. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Poo, File)