Netanyahu says he knows the price of war personally, referring to the death of his brother Yoni Netanyahu.
“I know the price of war,” says Netanyahu in remarks mirroring those made by former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin during his signing of the Oslo accords in 1993.
“The people of Israel well know the price of war. I know the price of war. I was wounded in battle. A fellow soldier died in my arms. My brother Yoni lost his life while rescuing hostages,” he says.
“This peace will eventually expand to include other Arab states and ultimately it can end the Arab Israeli conflict once and for all,” he says, while avoiding referring directly to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Despite the many challenges and hardships that we all face, let us pause for a moment to appreciate this remarkable moment,” and “let us put all cynicism aside,” he says.
“Let us feel on this day the pulse of history. For long after the pandemic is gone, the peace we make today will endure.”
Netanyahu stresses that “ultimately, strength brings peace.”
— with Raphael Ahren, Jacob Magid
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