Israeli Prime Minister Addresses Regional Security

Good morning to you.

You have surely noticed an interesting fact.

Iran attacks all the countries in the region, even outside the region.

אפילו מחוץ לאזור.

But there is one country it does not attack— the State of Israel.

את מדינת ישראל.

So far it has not attacked, it might attack,

but why have many weeks passed and it hasn't attacked us?

Because it knows what a massive blow we will deal it if it does so.

אנחנו ננחית עליה אם היא תעשה זאת.

I am saying this because recently, in the last 48 hours,

we have been flooded with a wave of rumors about Israeli weakness and

Israeli retreats on all fronts.

The most amusing

advocated retreating from the entire Gaza Strip, not entering

מכל רצועת עזה,

Lebanon at all, and not striking Iran.

ולא להכות באיראן.

So I would like to briefly go over front by front with you. First of all, Iran.

I highly appreciate President Trump,

I highly appreciate President Trump,

and our greatest friend in the White House.

I highly appreciate the historic partnership with the United States against

Iran's attempts to arm itself with nuclear weapons.

And I want to emphasize again: with an agreement or without an agreement,

As long as I am Prime Minister, Iran will not have nuclear weapons.

לאיראן לא יהיה נשק גרעיני.

Because the existence of our precious country, the country of us all, the existence

הקיום של ישראל אינו עומד למשא ומתן.

עכשיו לגבי לבנון.

In Lebanon too,

we say, we hear all kinds of rumors.

I want to clarify: In recent days, Israel has acted forcefully in Lebanon.

It eliminated terrorists, including on the Ali Taher ridge.

כולל ברכס עלי טאהר.

I cannot elaborate on this,

We are working sensibly, wisely,

both with determination and with wisdom, with the Israel Defense Forces,

and eliminating threats. This is important. And as for the Gaza Strip.

and eliminating threats. This is important. And as for the Gaza Strip.

First of all, I want to clarify the main thing.

As long as I am Prime Minister,

Not in Gaza and not in Judea and Samaria.

Neither Fatahstan nor Hamastan.

And as for specific things that have come up in the news recently,

I want to be precise: Israel rejects the 15-

ישראל שוללת את מסמך 15 הנקודות.

I heard people saying,' You didn't say so.'

ישראל שוללת את מסמך 15 הנקודות.

The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is disarmed.

עד פירוק החמאס מנשקו.

And when I say disarming Hamas,

it means the heavy weapons, the less heavy weapons, and the light weapons.

והנשק הקל. כל הנשק.

real disarmament, not fictitious disarmament. Now, we are talking with the Americans

עכשיו, אנחנו מדברים עם האמריקנים על הנושא הזה.

They have ideas,

וחלקם לא מקובלים עלינו.

And we know how to stand up against these things.

We have proven it in the past, we are proving it today as well.

אנחנו מוכיחים את זה גם היום.

In addition, the IDF will continue to thwart threats against our forces and

נגד כוחותינו ואזרחינו.

Israel's existence and the security of all Israeli citizens are not up

for negotiation.

We stand firm on these interests.

We don't do this in advertising agencies.

We do it for real, on the ground.

We have proven it all the time.

When we entered Rafah and the Philadelphi Corridor,

when we entered Lebanon and eliminated Nasrallah there and the rocket arsenal,

ואת מאגר הרקטות,

when we attacked Iran twice.

Contrary to all those who lecture us, We do what is needed to

ensure Israel's security, and we can and know how to stand our ground even

ואנחנו יכולים ויודעים לעמוד על שלנו

against our very best friends when necessary.