settlement construction, and instead set two prerequisites for peace with the Palestinians.
settlement construction, and instead set two prerequisites for peace with the Palestinians.
"First, the Palestinians must recognise the Jewish state.
They have to stop calling for Israel's destruction, they have to stop educating their people for Israel's destruction.
"Second, in any peace agreement, Israel must retain the overriding security control over the entire area west of the Jordan River because if we don't, we know what will happen.
"We'll get another radical Islamic terrorist state in the Palestinian areas exploding the peace, exploding the Middle East," he said.
Netanyahu also made it clear that Palestinians "vehemently reject" both the prerequisites for peace. "The persistent Palestinian refusal to recognise a Jewish state...is the reason we don't have peace," he said.
Netanyahu said he believes the opportunity for peace comes from a regional approach, involving Arab partners in the pursuant of a broader peace with the Palestinians.
On the security challenges that Israel faces from Iran, Trump assured Netanyahu the Islamic republic would never be able to make a nuclear weapon. He also termed the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers "the worst" agreement ever.
""My administration has already imposed new sanctions on Iran, and I will do more to prevent Iran from ever developing - I mean ever - a nuclear weapon," Trump said yesterday.
Trump also mentioned the "unfair and one-sided actions" against Israel at the UN Security Council, referring to a resolution condemning Israeli settlements, which had triggered a diplomatic fight between Obama and Netanyahu.
"This is one more reason why I reject unfair and one-sided actions against Israel at the United Nations - just treated Israel, in my opinion, very, very unfairly - or other international forums, as well as boycotts that target Israel," he said.
Netanyahu praised Trump's stand on Iran and radical Islamic terrorism.
"Mr President, you've shown great clarity and courage in confronting this challenge head-on. You call for confronting Iran's terrorist regime, preventing Iran from realising this terrible deal into a nuclear arsenal," Netanyahu said.
"You have said that the United States is committed to preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons. You call for the defeat of ISIS. Under your leadership, I believe we can reverse the rising tide of radical Islam. And in this great task, as in so many others, Israel stands with you and I stand with you," he said.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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