Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is praising US efforts to isolate Iran, and says Washington and Jerusalem are working together to to counter “aggression” from the Islamic Republic.
“I would like to thank Trump for leaving the Iran nuclear deal, he said he would do it and he did,” he says at a press conference alongside visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“The pressure on Iran is working, but we need to increase and expand it, and together the US and Israel are working in close coordination to roll back Iranian aggression in the region and around the world,” he says.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver a joint statement during their meeting in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (JIM YOUNG / POOL / AFP)
Netanyahu also calls for the international community to recognize the Golan Heights as sovereign Israeli territory, noting the recently exposed activity along the Syrian border by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
“Last week we struck Hezbollah targets in the north, now is the time for the international community to recognize the Golan as part of Israeli territory,” he says.
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