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Foreign Ministry chief: Israel is defending the Sunni states, too
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael won’t be shy about making its views on the Iran deal heard on Capitol Hill, Foreign Ministry director-general Dore Gold tells The Times of Israel’s Raphael Ahren in his first major interview since taking up the post last month.
“When Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu stands up and attacks Iran, he’s not just defending Israel. He’s defending Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and all the other Sunni countries,” Gold says.
While Israel needs to express its concerns with civility, he stresses, the government is gearing up to firmly advocate its position in discussions with all the relevant players in the US government. “We’ll do it respectfully, but we have to tell the truth,” he says.
Read the full interview here.
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