PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Weekly Cabinet Meeting, 12 January

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning (Sunday, 12 January 2020), at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, made the following remarks:

[English]

“Iran lied. Just as they lied about their secret nuclear program, they are lying now about the downing of the Ukrainian aircraft. They knew from the start that they had downed it. They knew that it was an unintentional downing, but they lied intentionally. They deceived the entire world.

This is completely contrary to how a civilized country should act and we send our condolences to the victims of Iran's deception and negligence.”

[Translated from Hebrew]

“I note the courage of the Iranian people who are again demonstrating in the streets against this regime. They deserve freedom, liberty and the ability to live in security and peace, all of which the regime denies them.

I commend President Trump for imposing new and very harsh sanctions against this regime. I must say that this was also done close to the Iranian decision to accelerate uranium enrichment. I call on Britain, France and Germany to join the American effort. They need to go to the Security Council, and there they need to activate the sanctions that have been decided upon. I would like to reiterate: Israel will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.”

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