I have decided to appoint Yaron Blum as coordinator for POWs and MIAs; he will coordinate our efforts to bring the boys back home. We understand our moral and humanitarian debt to do everything possible to bring them back.

There is no difference between the terrorism that strikes in Egypt and the terrorism that strikes in other countries. Terrorism will be defeated quicker if all countries are united in taking action against it.

President Rivlin: We can hear any kind of criticism, but the idea to boycott Israel, against the very idea that the people of Israel have a right to live in our homeland. This is something that we cannot accept.

Our eastern line of defense starts here in this place and if we were not here, Teheran and Hamastan would be; we will not allow this to happen.

I am pleased that President Trump's envoy, Jason Greenblatt, made it very clear that Hamas must be disarmed, Israel must be recognized and previous international decisions must be honored.

The meeting mostly dealt with Iran's attempt to establish itself militarily in Syria. The issue of the Iranian nuclear agreement was also raised.

The Government of Israel will not conduct diplomatic negotiations with a Palestinian government that relies on Hamas, a terrorist organization that calls for the destruction of Israel, unless several conditions are fulfilled.

PM Netanyahu congratulated Austrian Chancellor-elect Sebastian Kurz on his election victory and said that Austria has done much in recent years to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and in its fight against anti-Semitism.

I commend US President Donald Trump for his important decision on Iran, which creates an opportunity to fix the nuclear agreement and stop Iran's increasing aggression in our region.

Israel calls for free, fair and credible elections with independent domestic and international observation in the gubernatorial elections in Venezuela.

The issue of Iran is existential for us. And I think President Trump correctly identifies that Iran is not the solution but perhaps the problem in the Middle East. The source of so much aggression, so much terror and so much misery.

PM Netanyahu: President Trump has just created an opportunity to fix this bad deal, to roll back Iran's aggression and to confront its criminal support of terrorism.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare Israel's withdrawal from UNESCO in parallel with the US.

Any reconciliation between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas must include honoring international agreements, including the recognition of Israel and the disarmament of Hamas.

Egypt is a staunch ally of Israel, and the peace between the two countries is both a strategic peace and a solid pillar of Israeli foreign policy.