Israel will continue to carry out military actions against Iranian entrenchment efforts in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday evening, at a ceremony naming Israel’s Negev Nuclear Research Center after former president Shimon Peres.
“We are acting to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in Syria,” said Netanyahu. “We won’t shy away from this goal, just as we did not shy away from the effort to get the bad nuclear deal with Iran canceled”
“The IDF will continue to act with absolute determination and with all of its might against Iranian attempts to station troops and advanced weapons’ systems in Syria,” Netanyahu continued. “No agreement between Syria and Iran will scare us, nor will any threat deter us. Anyone who threatens us with annihilation will find himself under the same threat. They won’t succeed anyway.” he added.
Netanyahu also praised growing ties with “countries central to the Arab world,” which he says would have been unthinkable a few years ago, citing Israel’s position of strength as the reason for the the change.
“The normalization process between central countries in the Arab world and the State of Israel is taking place before our eyes, on a scale which was unimaginable just years ago the process brings with it hope to complete the circle of peace,” Netanyahu said.
However, he cautioned, “we can’t deny the fact that there are still many enemies. In this region and beyond it.”
Written by Yona Schnitzer/TPS | Photo by Hillel Maeir/TPS
