In Germany, Netanyahu says evil must be stopped early

Alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Platform 17 memorial in Berlin’s Grunewald train station, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stresses the need to “obstruct evil designs early on.”

Saying that Israel faces threats to its existence today, Netanyahu adds that “we have learned that the Jewish people must have the capability to defend ourselves by ourselves.”

Netanyahu says he welcomes the help of friends in this goal and calls the Israel-German relationship “a trusted alliance.”

Netanyahu has said his talks in Berlin would focus on the threat from Iran.

Scholz, speaking in German at the station from which tens of thousands of Jews were deported to ghettos and concentration camps, says that protecting Israel’s security is one of the reasons for Germany’s existence.