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An Israeli air force F-16I fighter plane sits at the ready in a hangar at Ramon Air Force Base in southern Israel. The F-16I, which is equipped with external fuel tanks, is reportedly capable of reaching Iranian airspace without refueling. It could carry U.S.-made bunker-busting bombs that drill below ground before exploding. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the cockpit of a F-15I fighter jet during a visit to the Hatzerim Air Force base in southern Israel in 2009. Long-range F-15Is and F-16Is ("I" for Israel) would likely be used in a strike against Iran's nuclear program. (Associated Press)

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Israeli police officers patrol a site after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip hit the city of Ashdod in Israel on March 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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The Israeli anti-missile system known as "Iron Dome" launches a rocket in Ashdod, Israel, to intercept a missile fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Natan Sharansky, head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, says a strong Jewish identity will motivate free people to immigrate to Israel. (Associated Press)

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President Obama meets March 5, 2012, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington on March 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

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associated press President Obama reiterates his support for Israel on Sunday at American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference, comments that didn't sit well with Palestinians.

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President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, March, 5, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Israeli President Shimon Peres addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington on Sunday, March 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Israeli Vice Prime Minister Dan Meridor

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Palestinian supporters of Khader Adnan, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad who has been on a hunger strike for 66 days while being jailed in Israel, demonstrate in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Palestinian demonstrators surround the convoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as it enters the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), followed by his wife, Sara, casts his vote during the Likud party primary elections in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 photo, seen through a gun slit, trucks with goods destined for Gaza wait to be unloaded on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing, between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Each day, dozens of trucks move food, consumer products and industrial materials into the Gaza Strip at this heavily fortified crossing, in an odd arrangement that has turned Israel into a key supplier to a territory governed by its bitter enemy Hamas. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 photo, a worker rests on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing, between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Each day, dozens of trucks move food, consumer products and industrial materials into the Gaza Strip at this heavily fortified crossing, in an odd arrangement that has turned Israel into a key supplier to a territory governed by its bitter enemy Hamas. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)