Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz says the annual meeting of Arab leaders taking place in Jordan this week is a reflection of “the many challenges faced by the Arab world from both inside and out.”
“One of these is the Palestinian issue which should not be ignored, but at the same time all of us should not lose sight of the strategic regional challenges that need to be addressed now, including the Iranian threat, the threat of the Islamic State organization and phenomenon and the ongoing crises and conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya, with their second and third effects,” Katz says.
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz attends a press conference at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem on March 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
By working together to address these challenges and common threats, while also advancing initiatives to improve the conditions of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] as well as in Gaza, we can lay the ground work now for a positive change in the day to day security and economic reality on the regional level as well as in the Palestinian context,” he says.
“A positive regional climate change that could lead in the future to peace,” the minister adds.
— Judah Ari Gross
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