Statement by PM Netanyahu on terrorist attacks in Brussels 22 Mar 2016
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Statement by PM Netanyahu on terrorist attacks in Brussels

  • 3/22/2016
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    "The chain of attacks from Paris to San Bernardino to Istanbul to the Ivory Coast and now to Brussels, and the daily attacks in Israel - this is one continuous assault on all of us."
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    Addressing the AIPAC policy conference via video link-up, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened his remarks by sending condolences over the Brussels terrorist attacks today (March 22, 2016):

    "I want to send my condolences to the families of those murdered in today’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. The chain of attacks from Paris to San Bernardino to Istanbul to the Ivory Coast and now to Brussels, and the daily attacks in Israel - this is one continuous assault on all of us.

    In all these cases the terrorists have no resolvable grievances. It’s not as if we could offer them Brussels, or Istanbul, or California, or even the West Bank. That won't satisfy their grievances. Because what they seek is our utter destruction and their total domination. Their basic demand is that we should simply disappear. Well, my friends, that's not going to happen.

    The only way to defeat these terrorists is to join together and fight them together. That's how we'll defeat terrorism - with political unity and with moral clarity. I think we have that in abundance."


     

  • PM Netanyahu speaks with Belgian PM Charles Michel

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    (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
     
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Tuesday evening, 22 March 2016) spoke by telephone with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and, on behalf of the people of Israel, expressed condolences as well as wishes for a quick recovery to those who were injured in the attacks.

    The Prime Minister told his Belgian counterpart that terrorism does not distinguish between countries and offered Israel's help and cooperation in the fight against terrorism. The two leaders agreed to meet soon.