Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the cabinet meeting by making the following remarks: “The United States made the right decision when it decided to close the PLO offices in Washington,” the Prime Minister said. “The Palestinians refuse to engage in negotiations with Israel even as they attack Israel with false statements in international forums.” “Israel appreciates the Trump administration's decision and supports US actions that are designed to make clear to the Palestinians that refusal to engage in negotiations with Israel and rampant attacks on the country will not only not advance peace, but will certainly “They will not make things better for the Palestinians,” Netanyahu added.
Benjamin Netanyahu also highlighted the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attack of September 9, “yesterday marked 17 years since the terrible terrorist attack against the American people on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington,” said the Prime Minister. and went on to say “this operation was carried out by Al-Qaida, although Iran also promotes international terrorism.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the world is being challenged by radical Islam. The radical Shiites on the one hand led by Iran and the radical Sunnis led by Daesh (ISIS), but he stated that both have a single objective: eliminate free societies, eliminate Israel and finally eliminate the entire West.
The Prime Minister went on to say “the time has come for the world to unite in the fight against terrorist organisations”.
“It is doing it to some extent against the terrorist group ISIS, but it is not doing it against Iran. On the contrary, what we are seeing is that while Iran is sending terrorist cells to Europe, European leaders are appeasing and reconciling with Iran, this is unacceptable,” he continued.
“The appeasement of Iran fuels the relentless attack on the values and security of free societies, and the time has come for Western governments to join the Trump administration's strong and clear effort against the terrorist regime in Tehran.”