Benjamin Netanyahu
The case centers on possible conflicts of interests surrounding Israel’s decision to procure three submarines and other vessels from German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “there are countries that have conquered and replaced entire populations, and the world keeps silent. Strength is the key; it makes all the difference in our policy towards the Arab world.”
“I think this contributes to stability, security and peace,” said the Israeli prime minister of the newly launched roster of limitations on Tehran.
Though Israel does allow for the death penalty, it was only used once—in 1962 for the execution of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann for his part in engineering the Holocaust.
He asked the request of Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă as part of the summit meeting of the Craiova State Forum in Varna, Bulgaria. Romania will take over the E.U. presidency on Jan. 1, 2019.
Said the Israeli prime minister: “They very much want Israeli gas, they very much want Israeli technology, and they very much want Israel’s friendship. That’s a good sign.”
The two nations have had relatively sturdy bilateral ties in the past, but now Brazil’s growing domestic needs may forced it to look beyond Middle East politics.
“This is not just a meeting of friends, but it is, of course, to strengthen relations with each of these countries,” says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Oman’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, told a security forum in Bahrain that “Israel is a state present in the region, and we all understand this.”
It is the first trip made by an Israeli prime minister since Shimon Peres in 1996.
Israel’s Channel 10 news reported that the U.S. president will pressure the Israeli premier, if necessary, regarding the Mideast peace plan.
Israel’s neighbor will not renew parts of a 1994 peace treaty that leases two areas on the Jordan River to Israel, saying Jordan aims to practice “full sovereignty on our land.”
