Thread by @IsraeliPM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today with US Secretary of State @SecPompeo
"You’ve been an extraordinary champion of the US-Israel alliance. And I want to thank you and @POTUS Trump for everything you’ve been doing to support this partnership, which I think is exceptional.

Our alliance in recent years has never been stronger. It’s an unbreakable bond based on shared values of liberty & democracy, and shared interest to fight the enemies of democracy, enemies of our way of life, the terrorists that plague, that prowl our airspace and our countries

PM Netanyahu: "Working together, we’ve been able to achieve an enormous amount. Under POTUS Trump, that alliance has also brought a historic recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and the moving of the American embassy to Jerusalem."

PM Netanyahu: "No less historic is the president’s decision to walk away from the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran. He said he would do it; he did. He said that he would re-impose tough sanctions on Iran; and he did.

PM Netanyahu: "What we see is that this pressure is working. We need to increase it. We need to expand it. And together, the United States and Israel are working in close coordination to roll back Iranian aggression in the region and around the world."

Rolling back Iran is in the interest of peace and security and stability for Israel, for our neighbors and for the world.

I also appreciate the fact that the United States gives Israel the full backing to defend ourselves against Iranian aggression.

Last week, we uncovered efforts by Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, to build a terror network in Syria, on the Golan Heights. You can imagine what would have happened if Israel were not in the Golan. We would have Iran on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.

PM Netanyahu: "It’s time that the international community recognizes Israel’s stay in the Golan, the fact that the Golan will always remain part of the State of Israel."

I appreciate your important statement last week regarding the ICC. We share the concern of the US and many other states that the ICC lost its way. Instead of dealing with mass atrocities, it engages in unwarranted politicized efforts to target states committed to the rule of law

I thank the United States for taking the moral and necessary steps to protect the citizens of both our countries against this outrageous distortion of international law. Israel has no greater friend than the United States, and the United States has no greater friend than Israel.