Israel's defence chief says U.S. projecting weakness

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* Yaalon has been critical of U.S. over Mideast peace moves * Defence chief a hawk in Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party * Says Israel has to look out for itself on Iran JERUSALEM, March 18 (Reuters) - Israel's defence minister has accused the United States of projecting weakness internationally and said Israel could **t rely on its main ally to take the lead in confronting Iran over its nuclear programme. Moshe Yaalon, whose remarks were reported in the Haaretz daily on Tuesday, caused friction with the United States only two months ago when he described Secretary of State John Kerry's quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace as messianic and obsessive.

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