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Sunday, March 29, 2015
PM Netanyahu Meets with Delegation of US Senators Led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

PM Netanyahu Meets with Delegation of US Senators Led by Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning (Sunday, 29 March 2015), met
with a delegation of US Senators led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-KY). Intelligence Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz also attended the meeting.

At the start of the meeting, Prime Minister Netanyahu said:

"We are very much concerned for our common interests by the developments in
the Middle East. As we are speaking, Iran is rampaging through Yemen; it is
conquering the Middle East.

This is correctly seen by all the countries in the Middle East as a
strategic move to dominate the region and therefore we are witnessing
something quite unprecedented.

And as Israel and the Arab countries see Iran progressing with its
aggression to conquer Yemen and the Bab el-Mandeb straits, talks continue as
usual and go on, on a deal that from everything that we hear paves Iran’s
way to the bomb.

Will this increase or decrease Iran’s aggression? Will the fact that Iran
will have now, while it’s still having sanctions, doesn’t yet have an easy
path to the bomb, it is conquering the Middle East in ways that are
unprecedented? Will this make their move forward more moderate or will it
make it more extreme? I think it’s a no-brainer. But this is happening
before our eyes and I think the most important thing is to make sure that
Iran doesn’t get a path to the bomb and that Iran’s aggression in Yemen and
elsewhere, including around Israel’s borders is stopped."

Prime Minister Netanyahu added:

"Senator McConnell, Mitch, and friends. It’s very good to see you here in
Israel. But I’m delighted always to see you and all Representatives from the
US Congress and Senators. We have a strong bipartisan base of support for
alliance. I spoke the other day with Harry Reid, congratulated him on his
years of service and also his years of support for the Israeli-American
alliance. This is something that I think cuts across the aisle in the United
States. And I believe we’ll continue to do so."

Senator McConnell said:

"Mr. Prime Minister, let me add on our behalf, first, we were all
extraordinarily impressed with your address to the joint session a few weeks
ago.

I want to assure all Israelis that the US-Israel relationship is still, no
matter what’s been said recently, in very, very strong shape on a bipartisan
basis in the US Congress.

The group who are here share your concerns about this potential agreement
and there are options that the United States has in a wake of an agreement
and if there is no agreement. The option if there’s an agreement is a bill
that we intend to vote on that enjoys bipartisan support to require that
agreement come to Congress for approval.

If there’s no deal, then the view of this group, similar to your own, is
that ratcheting up sanctions might be the best direction to take in the wake
of a deal that does not come together."

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