Netanyahu: We will not allow Iran to gain local foothold

23 November 2017, 4:13 pm

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Netanyahu reiterates his refusal to accept the permanent stationing of Iranian forces in Syria or anywhere else close to Israel.

Speaking at Kibbutz Sde Boker in the Negev desert, where David Ben Gurion lived until his death in 1963, Netanyahu says, “Whoever wants to harm us — we harm him. Whoever seeks to put us in danger of annihilation — puts his own life in danger.”

He adds: “We have made it clear many times that we will not accept nuclear weapons in Iran’s hands, nor will we allow the establishment of Iranian forces near our border, in the Syrian region in general, or anywhere else. Through the labor of generations, we created something out of nothing, and we won’t let anyone turn that something into nothing.”