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With me you have a prime minister whose belief in Israel is indestructible. And you have a prime minister who wants to build a strong and productive relationship with Israel. I will always be a strong defender of the Jewish people. I will always be an advocate for the State of Israel.
They are doing everything they can to influence the outcomes in these places, So either directly or through proxies, they are constantly trying to influence events. They have a very active diplomatic foreign policy outreach. But it is also a challenge for the Iranians. They don‘t have a lot of friends, but they‘re trying to curry more friends.
The Palestinian Authority, which has control over the West Bank, is demonstrating that it can control extremists, that it can cooperate to protect Israel, that it can give a better economic life to their people. It stands in stark contrast to Hamas. From our perspective, when you look at the region right now, where are the secular regimes, where are the regimes that are actually producing benefits for their people? The Palestinian Authority is doing that.
we must understand that we are [faced with] a very difficult international reality. The American veto in the Security Council took great effort to achieve. We could ignore it all and say ‘no problem‘, but as the prime minister responsible for this state, I have the ultimate responsibility.
The United States strongly condemns the Iranian government‘s organised intimidation campaign and arrests of political figures, human rights defenders, political activists, student leaders, journalists and bloggers.
I hope very soon the Quartet envoys will be meeting separately with the parties – that is something new. We are at the moment seeking confirmation from both sides that they are willing to meet the Quartet envoys next week in Brussels.