Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will thank US President Barack Obama for the military aid deal signed last week during their meeting tomorrow in New York.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara boarding the airplane to New York on September 20, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
“We are in the midst of a very important diplomatic week for the State of Israel. I am leaving now for the United States. There I will first meet with President Obama and I will thank him for the great and important security assistance to the State of Israel over the coming decade,” Netanyahu said before boarding a plane to leave Israel.
“I will then address the United Nations General Assembly. I will present Israel’s case, Israel’s truth, Israel’s justice and also Israel’s heroism – the heroism of our soldiers, our police officers and our citizens, who are waging an uncompromising struggle against brutal terrorism.”
The prime minister’s trip will include his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly and what will presumably be his last meeting with US President Barack Obama. During his five-day stay in the city, Netanyahu will also meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other world leaders and visit an exhibit of drawings by an Israeli soldier whose body is currently held by Hamas, along with the remains of another soldier.
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