The Commissioner-General is deliberately ignoring Hamas’ responsibility for the instigated violence. He is ignoring the large number of Hamas casualties and he is also ignoring the fact that Hamas used Gaza residents as human shields.

Israel deeply appreciates the strong leadership of President Trump and Secretary Pompeo's 12-point plan to block Iran's aggression, and I can tell you with confidence that this appreciation is broadly shared by many others in the Middle East.

The purported Palestinian referral is legally invalid, and the ICC lacks jurisdiction over the Israeli-Palestinian issue, since Israel is not a member of the Court and because the Palestinian Authority is not a state.

Paraguay helped Jews escape Nazi Germany. We will never forget this. You did this before the Holocaust, during the Holocaust and after the Holocaust. It was an act of benevolence and mercy that is forever etched in our hearts.

President Trump has taken a firm position, which we welcome, against Iran. We believe this is the right policy. We believe it's the only policy that could ultimately guarantee the security of the Middle East and peace in our region.

Among the subjects discussed were diplomatic and economic issues and strengthening agricultural, economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries.

Secretary Pompeo: We'll continue to work with allies to counter the regime's destabilizing activities in the region, block their financing of terror, and address Iran's proliferation of missiles. We will also ensure Iran has no path to a nuclear weapon.

Israel has an independent, professional judicial system that has already begun investigating the events along the Gaza Strip-Israel border. Israel rejects the attempt to impose an external investigation driven by inappropriate political motives.

An organization that calls itself the Human Rights Council once again proves that it is hypocritical and biased and that its purpose is to harm Israel and support terror.

This is the beginning of something extraordinary, or I would say, the re-beginning of something extraordinary, which is the relationship between Guatemala and Israel.

Iran is the preeminent terrorist state of our time. We have a common battle to fight terrorism, and to fight the sponsors and dispatchers of terrorists. And we are doing it in the Middle East, but it encompasses today the entire world.

Judaism started in Jerusalem, Christianity started in Jerusalem and this is something that is a sharing principle that allows us to go forward to many, many areas of modernity, of technology, of prosperity, an alliance for prosperity.

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 against such attempts of invasion."