From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 8, 2017
PM: Critical UN resolutions only strengthen Israeli resolve
Prime Minister Benjamin says UN resolutions, like the UNESCO statement that denies Israeli claims to Jerusalem approved last week, merely “strengthen our belief in our right [to the land].”
Speaking at a special plenum session honoring Zionist founder Theodor Herzl, the prime minister also dismisses criticism of the Jewish state bill. “There is no contradiction between being a democracy and a state for the Jewish people,” he says.
Netanyahu is hailing Israel’s foreign relations as unprecedented in its history.
He says US President Donald Trump will “be received with warmth, as appropriate for a true friend” to the Jewish state during his upcoming visit later this month.
The prime minister also says a meeting with the German president on Sunday was “warm.”
— Marissa Newman
The Times of Israel Community.