Over the weekend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with His Highness Crown Prince @MohamedBinZayed of the United Arab Emirates in their first conversation since the signing of the historic peace treaty at the White House.
The Prime Minister informed the Crown Prince that the Israeli government will formally adopt the peace treaty and expressed full confidence that due to the wall-to-wall support the treaty enjoys in Israel that it will be ratified expeditiously by the Knesset.
The Prime Minister and the Crown Prince agreed to meet soon.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is looking forward to welcoming the UAE’s upcoming delegation to Israel. This will be a reciprocal visit following the visit of the Israeli delegation to the UAE headed by National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat.
The two leaders discussed their great hopes for the cooperation between Israel and the UAE, which will strengthen both countries, and in this context also discussed working together more closely to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected nations across the globe.
The two leaders called for the further consolidation of peace in the Middle East which will contribute to stability, security and prosperity of all peoples in the region, and expressed their gratitude to President @realDonaldTrump and the USA for the vital support for this effort
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Prime Minister Netanyahu, at the start of the Cabinet meeting:
"Six months ago, I promised to bring the remnant of the Jewish community in Ethiopia. Today, I am submitting for Cabinet approval the bringing to Israel of 2,000 of our people, our brothers and sisters from Ethiopia.
We will also act to bring all of the rest, as I instructed in the Cabinet decision that we will approve today.
In recent years, we have brought about the aliyah of many thousands of our people in Ethiopia and we will continue to do so.
The Cabinet unanimously approved PM Netanyahu's proposal to submit the "Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization between the UAE and the State of Israel" for Knesset approval prior to its submission to Cabinet for ratification.
PM Netanyahu at the start of the special Cabinet meeting:
"Today, I am submitting the historic peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates to the Cabinet. This is the first peace agreement that Israel has signed in over 25 years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today by telephone with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed; the two leaders discussed regional issues.
Ethiopian PM Ahmed congratulated PM Netanyahu on the historic peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and said that PM Netanyahu had led a historic move, the magnitude and full positive ramifications of which will only be understood by future generations.
PM Netanyahu updated Ethiopian PM Ahmed on his intention to immediately bring to Israel approximately 2,000 of the people currently in Addis Ababa and Gondar, out of his commitment to the continued aliyah of Jews to Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the passing of the late Eitan Haber:
"I regret the passing of the late Eitan Haber, who was among the pillars of Israeli journalism for decades.
Haber won a name for himself as a thorough and credible man of letters. The security of Israel topped his concerns and he wrote about it in clear, original and fascinating language. His many books, which enrich the shelf of military literature, are of historical value.
Eitan Haber assisted several leaders of the state, especially the late Yitzhak Rabin. We will never forget his emotional and dramatic announcement about the shocking murder.
WATCH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Remarks at the Joint Statements with US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner.
PM Netanyahu: "It would be a pleasure to host all of you in Jerusalem on any day, but it's a special pleasure to do so today, because tomorrow you will be on the first-ever Israeli commercial flight to the UAE, together with a high-level Israeli delegation.
We're all thrilled by the pace, the swift pace of normalization between Israel and the UAE. Yesterday, the Emirates officially abolished the anachronistic boycott of the Jewish state.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement on the American decision to trigger snapback sanctions against Iran:
"I commend the United States for its decision to trigger snapback sanctions against Iran. This is the right decision."
PM Netanyahu: "Just as in 2018, the United States made the right decision when it withdrew from the dangerous nuclear deal with Iran. That deal should never have been made. It didn't block Iran's path to the bomb, it paved its path to the bomb.
Alone among world leaders, I publicly spoke out against that deal. But across the Middle East, many, many leaders agreed with me.