Netanyahu: Israel can ‘roll back Iran’s march of aggression’

Netanyahu welcomes Trump and his wife Melania to the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, and says he is “absolutely delighted” to welcome the US president and his wife to the “united capital” of Israel and the Jewish state.

Noting Trump’s earlier visit to the Western Wall and Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Netanyahu tells Trump that Israel “protects the Christian sites like no one else does in the region.”

“We are committed to freedom of all faiths,” he says.

Netanyahu praises Trump for being the first sitting US president to visit the Western Wall, and says “the people of Israel applaud you for it.”

He goes on to say that he and Trump had a “terrific” meeting earlier, and thanks Trump for the “change on US policy on Iran” and the “reassertion of American leadership in the Middle East.”

He says the two countries can “together…roll back Iran’s march of aggression,” and work together towards Mideast peace.

“It won’t be simple. But for the first time in many years, and Mr. President, for the first time in my lifetime, I see a real hope for change,” Netanyahu says.