President Rivlin: Israel has the duty to defend our borders and our citizens. Israel will never give in to terror. We will take every step needed to defend our borders and people.

This is a great day for Israel. This is a great day for Guatemala. Guatemala was with us at the beginning and Guatemala is with us today, and we welcome the opening of the embassy in Jerusalem.

President Rivlin: “The Israel Defense Forces is our people's army – our children and our grandchildren are IDF soldiers who defend their homes. Any country would have dealt uncompromisingly ...

Erdogan is among Hamas's biggest supporters and there is no doubt that he well understands terrorism and slaughter.

PM Netanyahu stated that Israel would maintain its security interests and emphasized that no country would countenance threats to its sovereignty.